Les jolies colonies de vacances

Ah, the delightful summer camps
Thank you, mama, thank you, papa
Every year, I wish for this to start again
Yoo-ki-dee-ki-dee-ki-dah

I'm sending y'all a quick note
So you don't worry 'bout me too much
Here, we are well taken care of
I may only be eight, but I'm managin' fine

I cough a little from us guys inhaling
The fumes of the nearby factory
But we play right across the street
In the municipal landfill

Ah, the delightful summer camps
Thank you, mama, thank you, papa
Every year, I wish for this to start again
Yoo-ki-dee-ki-dee-ki-dah

To grub up, they make us comfortable
It truly feels just like home
The beans are hard as concrete
My stomach feels like a bluff

Mornings, we go rummaging through the trash
The supervisors aren't mean
They snore most of the time
As long as they are drunk as skunks

Ah, the delightful summer camps
Thank you, mama, thank you, papa
Every year, I wish for this to start again
Yoo-ki-dee-ki-dee-ki-dah

Yesterday, I slipped off of a chair
While peeing in the bathroom sink
My chin now looks like a bike handlebar
Plus got three canines like grave markers

The punishments are quite hard
The monitor is quite a card
He ties us up in the hot sun
Stark naked, smeared in jam

Ah, the delightful summer camps
Thank you, mama, thank you, papa
Every year, I wish for this to start again
Yoo-ki-dee-ki-dee-ki-dah

For swimming, it’s quite a quiet spot
We’re the only ones who go there
We dip into a little stream
Where the city’s sewers drain

They say we all got typhus fever
We got zits all over our tummies
And at night, before hitting the sack
We count who's got the most of them

Ah, the delightful summer camps
Thank you, mama, thank you, papa
Every year, I wish for this to start again
Yoo-ki-dee-ki-dee-ki-dah

I send y'all, my dear father and mother
My most distinguished kisses
I'm leaving now to see my fiancée
An old gal who's at least ten years old

Us little ones really have no luck
We're never allowed to travel
But the older gals go to Tangier
To another summer camp

Ah, the delightful summer camps
Thank you, mama, thank you, papa
Every year, I wish for this to start again
Yoo-ki-dee-ki-dee-ki-dah