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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Qui veut ouïr chanson?

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Qui veut ouïr chanson,
Chansonnette jolie?
C’est d’un jeune garçon
Et d’une jeune fill’: Holà!
Refrain
   Oh! je le vois, le voici, le voilà;
   Oh! je le vois, le moulin qu’il va!

Qui s’avont fait l’amour,
C’est en jouant aux quilles.
La mèr’ à la fenêtre
Qui les écoutait dire: Holà!
Refrain

Qui est ce galant-là,
Qui caresse ma fille?
Je ne suis pas galant,
Je suis marchand de filles: Holà!
Refrain

J’ai trois bateaux sur mer
Chargés en marchandises;
L’un est chargé en or,
L’autre en argenterie: Holà!
Refrain

L’autre, il n’y a rien dedans,
C’est pour mener ma mie,
Mener et ramener
A Givry la jolie: Holà!
Refrain

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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), "Qui veut ouïr chanson?", published 1919, copyright © 1919. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Who wants to hear a song?", 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: 27
Word count: 110

Who wants to hear a song?

Language: English after the French (Français)

Who wants to hear [a] song,
[A] pretty little song?
It is about a young boy
And a young girl: Hey!
Refrain
   Oh! I see it, here it is,
   Oh! I see it, the mill that goes!

Who are making love
While bowling.
The mother at the window
Who hears them say: Hey!
Refrain

Who is that suitor there
Who caresses my daughter?
I am not a suitor,
I am a trader of girls: Hey!
Refrain

I have three ships on the sea
Loaded [with] merchandise;
One is loaded [with] gold,
The other [with] silver: Hey!
Refrain

The other, there is nothing inside,
It is to carry my lover,
To carry and bring back
To Givry [my] beauty: Hey!
Refrain

Text Authorship:

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a text in French (Français) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-18
Line count: 27
Word count: 120