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 splendor of Canaan's cuisine

Our extravagant, elegant soirées

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 they go?

Eh bien, raise your berets

Simeon

To those Canaan days

Brothers

Eh bien, raise your berets

To those Canaan days