Simeon: Do you remember the good years in Canaan? The summers were endlessly gold The fields were a patchwork of clover The winters were never too cold We'd stroll down the boulevards together And everything 'round us was fine
Jacob: Now the fields are dead and bare No joie de vivre anywhere Et maintenant we drink a bitter wine
Brothers: Those Canaan days we used to know Where have they gone, where did they go? Eh bien, raise your berets To those Canaan days
Simeon: Do you remember those wonderful parties? The splendour of Canaan's cuisine Our extravagant, elegant soirés The gayest the Bible has seen It's funny, but, since we lost Joseph We've gone to the other extreme No-one comes to dinner now We'd only eat them anyhow I even find I'm missing Joseph's dreams
Brothers: Those Canaan days we used to know Where have they gone, where did they go? Eh bien, raise your berets To those Canaan days
Simeon: It's funny, but, since we lost Joseph We've gone to the other extreme Perhaps we all misjudged the lad Perhaps he wasn't quite that bad And how we miss his entertaining dreams
Brothers: Those Canaan days we used to know Where have they gone, where did--did they go? Eh bien, raise your berets
Simeon: To those Canaan days
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