The Box - Checkmate/Quand Le Roy lyrics

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Once upon a time, and many miles away

Looking for adventure, travelling across the country

Four young men created an attraction

Telling pretty stories and playing an instument

Hey!

Ordinary people returning from the fields

Gathered on the place, a woodshed set aflame

Dancing all around, and headied by the wine

Striking up a song, everybody cheered....

(CHORUS)

And it’s

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Quand le roy s’en va-t-en guerre (When the king goes to war)

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Administer l’or du peuple (To go spend [administer] the people’s gold)

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Notre reine a la cuisse légère (Our queen with the “light thigh” [wandering heart])

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! et le roy restera l'éternel cocu! (And the king who will be none the wiser!)

Watching from a distance, his Majesty the King

Wondering what it is that causes such a hubbub

Calls for an inquiry of what appears to be

A source of entertainment, a remedy to boredom

And the king’s court emissary finally comes back

Troubled by the wine, stammers his report

Delighted by the news, his Majesty decides

The band will play tomorrow, for the court to entertain!

(CHORUS)

And it’s

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Quand le roy s’en va-t-en guerre

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Administer l’or du peuple

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Notre reine a la cuisse légère

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! et le roy restera l'éternel cocu!

One ne revit plus jamais, notre quatuor errant (We never again saw the wanderers)

Mais la culture d’un pays ne se meurt point facilement (But the culture of a country does not die easily)

Si vous allez donc un jour du côté de ce village (So if you go on that side of the village)

Vous endentrez surement entonner à forte voix.... (You’ll surely hear the echoing voice.....)

(CHORUS)

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Quand le roy s’en va-t-en guerre

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Administer l’or du peuple

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Notre reine a la cuisse légère

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! et le roy restera l'éternel....

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Quand le roy s’en va-t-en guerre

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Administer l’or du peuple

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Notre reine a la cuisse légère

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! et le roy restera l'éternel cocu!

Thanks to The Proud Canadian for these lyrics

Thanks to patate for correcting these lyrics