Où sont-ils tous mes copains

Where are all my friends
Who left one morning
To go to war
Where are all my little guys
Who sang: "We'll be back,
Don't worry about it."
The drums and the bugles
Accompanied their song
In the bright dawn
Where are all my friends
Who left one morning
To go to war.

I knew some little guys from Saint-Cloud
I knew some guys from La Villette
I knew guys from all over
Not one of them had a bad attitude
There were some from Ménilmontant
There were guys who were twenty
All answered: Present!
And left singing...

I knew a little guy from Saint-Cloud,
His laughing eyes had me spinning,
He was tall and I liked him a lot,
When I met him, it was a celebration for me.
Like the guys from Ménilmontant,
He answered: Present,
He was also twenty,
He left singing:

Where is my little buddy,
Who left one morning
To go to war.
He was a nice little guy,
Who sang: "We'll be back,
Don't worry about it."
The drums and the bugles
Accompanied his song
In the bright dawn.
Where is my little buddy,
Who left one morning
To go to war.

I know that one day the little guys from Saint-Cloud,
I know that one day the guys from La Villette,
I know that one day the guys from all over,
Will come back: Then it will be a celebration.
All the guys from Ménilmontant,
Will bring back their twenty years,
All together will shout: "Present!"
And will return singing:

Here they are, my little friends,
Who left one morning
To go to war.
Here they are, all these little guys
Who sang: "We'll be back,
Don't worry about it."
We'll hear the boys
Singing beautiful songs.
Everything will be bright,
Here’s my little buddy,
Who left one morning
To go to war.

Here he is! There they are!