Sur la route parapampampamPetit tambour s'en va parapampampamIl sent son coeur qui bat parapampampamAu rythme de ses pas parapampampamRapampampam, rapampampamOh ! petit enfant pamrapampam,Où vas-tu ?
Hier mon père, parapam...A suivi le tambour...Le tambour des soldats...Et je m'en vais au ciel...Va, je veux donner pour son retourMon tambour.
Tous les anges...Ont pris leur beau tambour...Et ont dit à l'enfant...Ton père est de retour...Et l'enfant s'éveille...Sur son tamobur
On the road rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tatOur young drummer walks forth rat-a-tat...He feels his heart beating ...to the rhythm of his steps ...rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat, rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tatOh, little child ...where are you going?
Yesterday my father ...followed the drumbeats ...the drum of the soldiers ...and I'm on my way to Heaven...Now1 I want to give him my drumwhen he comes back.
All the angels ...took their beautiful drums ...And said to the child ..."Your father has come back" ...And the child wakes up ...curled over his drum.