On y danse, on y danse
Everyone is dancing
(Everyone holds hands in a circle

and skips around to the left.)
Sur le pont d'Avignon
On the bridge of Avignon

On y danse, tous en rond
Everyone is dancing in a circle
(Reverse the direction of the circle.)

Les jeunes filles font comme ci
The young girls go like this
(Girls step into the center of the circle,

curtsy and return to their places.)
Les garcons font comme ca
The boys go like that

(Boys go to the center,
bow and return.)
Sur le pont d'Avignon

On the bridge of Avignon
On y danse, on y danse
Everyone is dancing

(Everyone holds hands in a circle
and skips around to the left.)
Sur le pont d'Avignon

On the bridge of Avignon
On y danse, tous en rond
Everyone is dancing in a circle

(Reverse the direction of the circle.)
Les poupees font comme ce
The dolls go like this

(Boys and girls move to the center and back
like stiff walking dolls.)
Les soldats font comme ca

The soldiers go like that
(Boys and girls march to the center
like soldiers, salute and return.)

Sur le pont d'Avignon
On the bridge of Avignon
On y danse, on y danse

Everyone is dancing
(Everyone holds hands in a circle
and skips around to the left.)

Sur le pont d'Avignon
On the bridge of Avignon
On y danse, tous en rond

Everyone is dancing in a circle
(Reverse the direction of the circle.)
Les grenouilles font comme ci

The frogs go like this
(Hop like frogs to the center and back)
Les gorilles font comme ca

The gorillas go like that
(Thump your chests like gorillas,
to the center and back.)

Sur le pont d'Avignon
On the bridge of Avignon
On y danse, on y danse

Everyone is dancing
(Everyone holds hands in a circle
and skips around to the left.)

Sur le pont d'Avignon
On the bridge of Avignon
On y danse, tous en rond

Everyone is dancing in a circle
(Reverse the direction of the circle.)