Le Cow Boy d'Aubervillier

[Jean Pierre]

here's a second song by Michel Mallaury, Johnny Haliday's lyricist...for 172 songs
after "le bon vieux temps du R n R" whose music was by Bob Seger (Mallaury had made a French adaptation), this one (le Cow Boy d'Aubervilliers) is entirely by Michel Mallaury (words and music)

Here's the theme of the song:
In the 60s, the young guys of my generation were discovering RnR music (Bill Haley, Eddy Cochran, Buddy Holly, Elvis PreleyGene Vincent) ...and American westerns, the great outdoors, the conquest of the West and therefore Cowboys and Indians

... and in working-class neighbourhoods (Aubervilliers, Juvisy, Champigny a suburb of Paris), some young people (including me!) would mimic their idols from rock music and westerns

voici la traductions des paroles

I'm the cowboy from Aubervilliers
But my hat is a beret
My bike is a solex
I'd like to be called Tex
But my real name is René
I'm the cowboy of Aubervilliers
I'm the one who's got to be
When my back is turned
They say I'm crazy
They don't know how to dream

It's been a long, long, long time
I've been waiting - oh yes
To see Texas and Nevada
But the metro doesn't go all the way there

I'm the cowboy from Aubervilliers
I'm well known at Porte Champerret
But I work at Renault
It's a hell of a job - yes sir
I'm the cowboy from Aubervilliers
I'm faster than big Billy
I've got to get out of here
But my great enemy
It's Jo, Jo from Champigny
One day it will be me or him
But it's...

It's been a long, long, long time
I've been waiting
To see Texas and Nevada
But the metro doesn't go all the way there

On my ranch in Aubervilliers
If a girl could love me
We'd go away together
And we'd be happy
In the meadows of Aubervilliers
We cowboys of Aubervilliers

[Jean Pierre]

Video with Wav file

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gyAAvq-JwY


ah oui JP vocal, guitar, Dobro, harmonica   BIAB'guys piano, drums, bass