Quand mo‑té jeun’
Language: Creole
Quand mo-té jeun’
Mo-té jonglé Michieu;
A c’t’heur ma-pé fini vieux,
Mo-pé jonglé bon Dieu.
Ma-pé jonglé bon temps passé,
Ma-pé jonglé bon temps passé,
Ma-pé jonglé bon temps passé,
Ma-pé jonglé bon temps qu’est passé.
Le bal fini, bonsoir, Messieurs,
La bal fini, bonsoir, Mesdam’
M’al-lé parti,
La, la, la, la, la!
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Maud Cuney Hare (1874 - 1936), "Quand mo-té jeun’", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Creole Folk-Songs, no. 4, New York : Carl Fischer
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2026-03-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 53