La dame du capitaine | Refrain : Ô monte et pars

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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

O mount and go

Language: English

Our translations: FRE ITA

  O mount and go, 
  mount and make you ready, 
  O mount and go,  
  and be the Captain's lady.  

When the drums do beat, 
and the cannons rattle, 
Thou shalt sit in state, 
and see thy love in battle: 
  O mount and go, &c.

When the vanquish'd foe 
sues for peace and quiet, 
To the shades we'll go, 
and in love enjoy it. 
  O mount and go, &c.

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Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "The Captain's lady", written 1789 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Mount your baggage", Hob. XXXIa [ baritone, violin, violoncello, piano, and instrumental ensemble ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "Hauptmanns Weib" ; composed by Ferdinand David, Robert Schumann.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La dame du capitaine", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La donna del capitano", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 68

La dame du capitaine

Language: French (Français) after the English

Refrain : Ô monte et pars, 
  monte et tiens-toi prête ;
  Ô monte et pars, 
  et sois la dame du capitaine.

Quand les tambours battront
Et que les canons tonneront,
Tu devras te montrer avec apparat
Et regarder ton amour dans la bataille.
  Refrain

Quand l'ennemi vaincu
Implorera la paix et le calme,
Nous irons à l'ombre
Pour y profiter de l'amour.
  Refrain

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Based on:

a text in English by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "The Captain's lady", written 1789
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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 61