L'Homme de Cromagnon [English translation]

It was in prehistoric times

Two or three hundred thousand years ago

A weird being came into the world

A close relative of the orangutan

Standing on its hind legs

Dressed in buffalo hide briefs

He was going to conquer Earth

It was the Cro-Magnon Man

The man of Cro

The man of Ma

The Man of Gnon

The Man of Cro-Magnon, poum!

The Cro-Magnon Man

It's not made-up

The Cro-Magnon Man

The Cro-Magnon Man

It's not made-up

The Cro-Magnon Man

Armed with his stone axe

With his stone knife too

He was hunting the bear and the panther

Clenching his butt, nevertheless

In front of the raging Diplodocus

All the same, there’s a small saying in his language

Quickly, invent the gun!

The man of Cro

The man of Ma

The Man of Gnon

The Man of Cro-Magnon, poum!

The Cro-Magnon Man

It's not made-up

The Cro-Magnon Man

The Cro-Magnon Man

It's not made-up

The Cro-Magnon Man

He was a poet in his spare time

Telling his wife in turmoil

"You're beautiful like a dinosaur

You look like Lollobrigida"

If you want to see postcards

Come on up to my cave

I'll show you my murals

It looks like a real Picasso!

The man of Cro

The man of Ma

The Man of Gnon

The Man of Cro-Magnon, poum!

The Cro-Magnon Man

It's not made-up

The Cro-Magnon Man

The Cro-Magnon Man

It's not made-up

The Cro-Magnon Man

Two hundred thousand years later, on earth

Like our ancestors, we admire

Woods, fields, and rivers

But if they were coming back, "What a disappointment!"

See us sweat six days a week

They would say without detail

"Our heirs must be stupid

For having invented work!"

The man of Cro

The man of Ma

The Man of Gnon

The Man of Cro-Magnon, poum!

The Cro-Magnon Man

It's not made-up

The Cro-Magnon Man

The Cro-Magnon Man

It's not made-up

The Cro-Magnon Man