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Artist/Band: The Box
Lyrics for Song: Checkmate/quand Le Roy
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - The Box



Once upon a time, and many miles away

Looking for adventure, travelling across the country

Four young men created an attraction

Telling pretty stories and playing an instument

Hey!



Ordinary people returning from the fields

Gathered on the place, a woodshed set aflame

Dancing all around, and headied by the wine

Striking up a song, everybody cheered....



(CHORUS)

And it's

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Quand le roy s'en va-t-en guerre (When the king goes to war)

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Administer l'or du peuple

(To go spend [administer] the people's gold)

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Notre reine a la cuisse légère

(Our queen with the "light thigh" [wandering heart])

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! et le roy restera l'éternel cocu!

(And the king who will be none the wiser!)



Watching from a distance, his Majesty the King

Wondering what it is that causes such a hubbub

Calls for an inquiry of what appears to be

A source of entertainment, a remedy to boredom



And the king's court emissary finally comes back

Troubled by the wine, stammers his report

Delighted by the news, his Majesty decides

The band will play tomorrow, for the court to entertain!



(CHORUS)

And it's

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Quand le roy s'en va-t-en guerre

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Administer l'or du peuple

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Notre reine a la cuisse légère

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! et le roy restera l'éternel cocu!



One ne revit plus jamais, notre quatuor errant

(We never again saw the wanderers)

Mais la culture d'un pays ne se meurt point facilement

(But the culture of a country does not die easily)

Si vous allez donc un jour du côté de ce village

(So if you go on that side of the village)

Vous endentrez surement entonner à forte voix.

... (You'll surely hear the echoing voice.....)



(CHORUS)

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Quand le roy s'en va-t-en guerre

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Administer l'or du peuple

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Notre reine a la cuisse légère

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! et le roy restera l'éternel....



Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Quand le roy s'en va-t-en guerre

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Administer l'or du peuple

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! Notre reine a la cuisse légère

Hi-ho! Hi-ho! et le roy restera l'éternel cocu!


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - The Box


The Box
"Other Songs - The Box"


1. And Say Goodbye
2. Black Dog There
3. Checkmate/quand Le Roy
4. Closer Together
5. Dancing On The Grave
6. Don't Cry
7. Emilie
8. Evil In Me
9. Friends
10. Front Cover Lovers
11. Go Down Alone
12. Hell On Earth
13. I'm Back
14. Inside My Heart
15. L'affaire Dumoutier (The Dumoutier Affair)
16. Lift Off
17. Live On T.V.(You Can Watch Them Die)
18. Living On Borrowed Time
19. Love
20. Must I Always Remember
21. My Dreams Of You
22. Ordinary People
23. Remnants
24. Run For It
25. School
26. Shine Blue Lady
27. So Beautiful
28. Someday
29. Tell Me A Story
30. That's The World
31. To What We Shall Believe
32. Under My Skin
33. War Going On
34. Watching Over You
35. We Need Time
36. Weekend
37. With All This Cash