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

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

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

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



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 legere

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



One ne revit plus jamais, notre quatuor errant

Mais la culture d'un pays ne se meurt point facilement

Si vous allez donc un jour du cote de ce village

Vous endentrez surement entonner a force voix....



(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 legere

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



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 legere

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