Le grand Lustucru

What is that, in the plain,
That loud noise, reaching us?
It sounds like the clanking
That's being dragged, being dragged
Being dragged on the rocks

{Chorus}
It's the big Bogeyman passing by
It's the big Bogeyman who will eat
All the little boys who hardly sleep
All the little boys who don't sleep

What is that on the river
That loud noise coming this way?
It sounds like the clatter
That's being thrown, being thrown
Being thrown into a well

{To the chorus}

The Angelus rings on Ballanches
A pigeon falls from the bell tower
What is that noise of branches
That's being dragged, being dragged
Being dragged on the floor?

It's the big Bogeyman passing by
And tonight it's me he's coming for
Me tonight, because I hardly sleep
Me tonight, because I don't sleep!