The ash-wood shoe | Whoever will fill my ash-wood shoe

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by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Le sabot de frêne

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Qui remplira mon sabot de frêne,
Mon pied nu je lui donnerai,
Pour la peine, à baiser.
Qui remplira mon joli sabot de frêne?

Mais pour remplir mon sabot de frêne,
Je ne veux ni paille ni foin,
Ni verveine, ni plantain.
Qui remplira mon joli sabot de frêne?

Le roi dit: «Dans ton sabot de frêne,
Je mettrai bien mon sceptre d’or,
Ma couronne, plus encore!»
Qui remplira mon joli sabot de frêne?

Le marchand dit: «Ton sabot de frêne,
J’y mettrai cent écus sonnants,
Des dentelles en argent!»
Qui remplira mon joli sabot de frêne?

Jean m’a dit: «Dans ton sabot de frêne,
J’ai mis mon coeur constant,
Qui tant saigne en t’aimant!»
Eh! baise donc, Jean, mon pied nu,
Baise le donc, pour la peine!

Text Authorship:

by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), "Le sabot de frêne", written 1892, appears in Lieds de France, no. 24, Paris, Éd. Marpon & Flammarion, first published 1892 [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 Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau (1857 - 1934), "Le sabot de frêne", published 1892 [ low voice and piano ], from Dix Lieds de France, no. 9, Éd. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The ash-wood shoe", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-01-14
Line count: 21
Word count: 128

The ash‑wood shoe

Language: English after the French (Français)

Whoever will fill my ash-wood shoe,
My bare foot I will give him,
For his trouble, to kiss.
Who will fill my pretty ash-wood shoe?

But to fill my ash-wood shoe,
I do not want straw nor hay,
Nor verbena nor plantain.
Who will fill my pretty ash-wood shoe?

The king says: “In your ash-wood shoe
I will place my golden scepter,
My crown, more still!”
Who will fill my pretty ash-wood shoe?

The merchant says: “Your ash-wood shoe,
I will place there one hundred jingling crowns,
Laces of silver!”
Who will fill my pretty ash-wood shoe?

John said to me: “In your ash-wood shoe
I placed my faithful heart
Which bleeds so much in loving you!”
Eh! Kiss then, John, my bare foot
Kiss it then, for your trouble!

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), "Le sabot de frêne", written 1892, appears in Lieds de France, no. 24, Paris, Éd. Marpon & Flammarion, first published 1892
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This text was added to the website: 2019-01-14
Line count: 21
Word count: 130