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by Emma-Laure-Esther Guilbert (1865 - 1944)

Je saute, je danse
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Mon père veut me marier,
Mon père veut me marier
Avec le plus joly berger;
Refrain
   Je saute, je danse,
   Je vais en cadence,
   Et je dis mes chansons;
   Filant ma quenouillette,
   En gardant mes moutons.

Mon joly berger m’a donné
Une ceintur’ d’argent doré
Avec l’écharpe à mon côté.
Refrain

Mon joly berger m’a donné
Un corselet tout satiné
La bavolet bien empesé.
Refrain

Mon joly berger m’a donné
Courte cotte de damassé;
Voyez si j’ai lieu d’espérer.
Refrain

Voyez si j’ai lieu d’espérer,
Voyez si j’ai lieu d’espérer
D’être sa fidèle moitié.
Refrain

En vain on voudrait le tenter
Ou par richesse ou par beauté.
Il reste constant, mon berger.
Refrain

Text Authorship:

  • by Emma-Laure-Esther Guilbert (1865 - 1944) [author's text not yet checked 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 Gustave Ferrari (1872 - 1948), "Je saute, je danse", published 1911, copyright © 1911 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "I jump, I dance", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-12-18
Line count: 29
Word count: 113

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