Part 52 (1/2)

A des fois l'on rigole [33]

Ou bien l'on pavillonne [34]

Qu'on devrait lansquiner [35]

Raille, griviers, et cognes [36]

Nous ont pour la cigogne [37]

Tretons marrons paumes. [38] (_bis_)

[1: Thieves]

[2: Night]

[3: Watches]

[4: Money]

[5: Let us be cautious]

[6: Let us rob]

[7: citizen and wife]

[8: Awaken suspicion]

[9: Cried ”Thief.”]

[10: I took his watch.]

[11: His diamond buckles]

[12: His bank notes]

[13: Twelve oclock strikes.]

[14: The thieves]

[15: At the cabinet]

[16: Your door]

[17: Give money]

[18: Sleep at your house]

[19: Asks his wife]

[20: Says my love]

[21: These thieves]

[22: Watch stealers]

[23: Burglers]

[24: Do you not know them?]

[25: Breeches]

[26: Profit]

[27: Ready]

[28: Cellar]

[29: Patrol]

[30: The moon]

[31: Look at us.]

[32: Spies]

[33: Laughs]

[34: Jokes]

[35: To weep]

[36: Exempt, soldiers and gendarmes.]

[37: Palace of justice]

[38: Taken in the act]

_The Lag's Lament_