Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Théodore Botrel
Canonical path: /theodore-botrel/le-navire-du-forban
Related lyric paths: 6
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Le navire du forban
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Le navire du forban
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{Refrain:}
C'était un fameux navire
Au cabestan, vire, vire
Que le navire au forban
Vire, vire au cabestan
Il avait cent lieues moins guère
De l'avant jusqu'à l'arrière
Un mousse aurait mis deux ans
Pour grimper dans les haubans
{au Refrain}
En or était sa mâture
En soie était sa voilure
Sa coque était en argent
Ses hublots en diamant
{au Refrain}
Des korrigans et des fées
Faisaient toutes les corvées
Et les matelots joyeux
Flemmardaient à qui mieux mieux
{au Refrain}
Le patron jetait des filles
De temps en temps, aux bons drilles
Qui vaillamment nuit et jour
Fêtaient le vin et l'amour
{au Refrain}
Il prenait d'assaut les villes
Il bloquait toutes les îles
Ses marins ne savaient plus
Que faire de leurs écus
{au Refrain}
Un jour, une flotte entière
Autour de lui fit croisière
Le navire fut vendu
Et le forban fut pendu
{au Refrain}
On a bien fait de l'occire
Le sacrifiant, le vampire,
Car s'il existait encore
Nous irions tous à son bord
{au Refrain}
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