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



Brüder:

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 splendor of Canaan's cuisine

Our extravagant, elegant soirees

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



Brüder:

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



Brüder:

Those Canaan days we used to know

Where have they gone, where did they go?

Eh bien, raise your berets



Simeon:

To those Canaan days



Brüder:

Eh bien, raise your berets

To those Canaan days