Lyrics

Pique la Baleine

En Français

Pour retrouver ma douce amie, (appel)
Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là. (réponse)
Pour retrouver ma douce amie, (appel)
Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là. (réponse)

Chorus
Pique la baleine, joli baleinier
Pique la baleine, je veux naviguer.

Aux mille mers j’ai navigué.

Des mers du nord aux mers du sud.

Je l’ai retrouvée quand j’m’ai noyé.

Dans les grands fonds, elle m’espérait.

Tous deux ensemble on a pleuré.

En couple à elle j’m’suis couché.

In English

To find my sweet love again, (call)
Oh my boys, oh la la, (response)
To find my sweet love again, (call)
Oh my boys, oh la la, (response)

Chorus
Lance the whale, jolly whalerman,
You lance the whale, I will steer.

I have sailed a thousand seas.

From the northern seas to the southern.

I found her again when I drowned.

In the deeps, she was longing for me.

Together we cried.

In her embrace, I lay down.

Song Notes

This is a very popular song in today’s maritime music genre. If Les Souillés de Fond de Cale is performing at a festival you can be sure that Philippe Noirel will strike up this tune during the musician’s after-show sing-out. Personally, I am tired of Yves Gravar of Two Sheets to the Wind mocking me for bumbling through the words, so I created this lyrics page so I could learn them! (A tip of the hat to Golden Hind Music for posting these lyrics online.)  — Dean, October 15, 2017.