The peasant named Charlie
Said his neighbor Jean
I think we love the same girl
For a long time already
Let's do then a race
Across the whole country
The one of us who wins
Will marry Lucie
Run faster Charlie and you will win
Don't look back
Run faster Charlie and you will win
The girl will be for you
Jean had a car
Which attracted attention
He believed that his money
AchÃÂ would be love
He had already opened
The doors of his palace
To receive the pretty green eyes
Of Mademoiselle Lucie
Run faster Charlie and you will win
Don't look back
Run faster Charlie and you will win
The girl will be for you
But the peasant named Charlie
Was not as rich as Jean
He never had nice clothes
He ran barefoot
He knew the country
The forests and the waterways
And the wind which was his friend
Blowed at his back
Run faster Charlie and you will win
Don't look back
Run faster Charlie and you will win
The girl will be for you