Do you remember the good years in Canaan?
 The summers were endlessly gold
 The fields were a patchwork of clover
 The winters were never too cold
 We'd stroll down the boulevards together
 And everything round us was fine
 Jacob
 Now the fields are dead and bare
 No joie de vivre anywhere
 Et maintenant we drink a bitter wine
 Brothers
 Those Canaan days we used to know
 Where have they gone, where did they go?
 Eh bien, raise your berets
 To those Canaan days
 Simeon
 Do you remember those wonderful parties?
 The splendor of Canaan's cuisine
 Our extravagant, elegant soir?es
 The gayest the Bible has seen
 It's funny but since we lost Joseph
 We've gone to the other extreme
 No-one comes to dinner now
 We'd only eat them anyhow
 I even find I'm missing Joseph's dreams
 Brothers
 Those Canaan days we used to know
 Where have they gone, where did they go?
 Eh bien, raise your berets
 To those Canaan days
 Simeon
 It's funny but since we lost Joseph
 We've gone to the other extreme
 Perhaps we all misjudged the lad
 Perhaps he wasn't quite that bad
 And how we miss his entertaining dreams
 Brothers
 Those Canaan days we used to know
 Where have they gone, where did they go?
 Eh bien, raise your berets
 Simeon
 To those Canaan days
 Brothers
 Eh bien, raise your berets
 To those Canaan days