Allons, encore –
Garçons, fillettes –
Vos louis d’or –
Vos roues d’charette!
Holà! holà!
Holà! holà! holà!

Mais faites vos jeux –
Allons, la classe –
Le temps se passe –
La banque se casse –

(spoken) Rien n’va plus!
Le dix-sept noir, impair et manque!
Holà! holà! vive la banque!
For every time the board you spin,
The bank is bound to win!

A cosmic game is this Roulette!
The little ball’s a true coquette –
A maiden coy whom “numbers” woo –
Whom six and thirty suitors sue!
Of all complexions, too, good lack!
For some are red and some are black,
And some must be extremely green,
For half of them are not nineteen! (All stake again.)

Allons, encore –
Garçons, filettes –
Vos louis d’or –
Vos roues d’charette!
Holà! holà!
Holà! holà! holà!

Mais faites vos jeux –
Allons, la foule!
Ça roule – ça roule
Le temps s’ écoule –

(spoken) Rien n’va plus!
Le trente-cinq rouge – impair et passe!
Très bien, étudiants de la classe –
The moral’s safe – when you begin,
The bank is bound to win!

The little ball’s a flirt inbred –
She flirts with black – she flirts with red;
From this to that she hops about,
Then back to this as if in doubt.
To call her thoughtless were unkind –
The child is making up her mind,
For all the world like all the rest,
Which prétendant will pay the best!

Allons, encore –
Garçons, fillettes –
Vos louis d’or –
Vos roues d’charette!
Holà! holà!
Holà! holà! holà!

Mais faites vos jeux –
Qui perte fit
Au temps jadis
Gagne aujourd’hui!

(spoken) Rien n’va plus
Tra, la, la! le double zéro!
Vous perdez tout, mes nobles héros –
Where’er at last the ball pops in,
The bank is bound to win!