Simeon 



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 averything round us was fine 

Jacob 



Now the fileds 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 splendour of Canaan's cuisine

Our extravagant, elegant soirees

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 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