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Chatterton Comic Strip



Translation after the jump ...




I was born I was born

In Japanese yards
in the Japanese shipyards
In truth, I belong
Indeed, I belong to the Americans
To Americans

A subsidiary
An affiliate
one ferry company has to
shipping company
which I forgot the address I've forgotten
The Address
In Los Angeles In
Los Angeles

hundred and twenty military 'tonn's oil, crude
One hundred twenty thousand tons of crude oil
hundred and twenty thousand' tonn's
One hundred twenty thousand tones
In the Torrey Canyon
In the Torrey Canyon

In Bermuda In Bermuda

A trent 'latitude'
at thirty degrees latitude
Keeps the Barracuda
Stands the Barracuda
Tankers Corporation
Tankers Corporation
His boss
Its boss
Me leased * Rented
me
A Union Oil Company
To The Union Oil Company
From California
Of California

hundred and twenty military 'tonn's oil, crude
One hundred twenty thousand tons of crude oil
hundred and twenty thousand' tonn's
One hundred twenty thousand tones
In the Torrey Canyon
In the Torrey Canyon

If I beat
So I beat
Pavilion Liberia
the Flag of Liberia
the cap'n and sailors
The Captain and sailors are all Italian

Are all italians
Fuel oil,
Oil, which is
m has filled the hold,
With Which I Have The bunkers filled
is the Consortium
Is That Of The consortium
British Petroleum British Petroleum


* Thanks To The help of Brimming



Lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg, Translation by Greg Smith