Mariner | Anem caminant damunt l’herba verda

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Sailor‑Boy

Language: English

Our translations: CAT

We go walking on the green grass
Thus, thus, thus,
Come all you pretty fair maids,
Come walk along with us.
So pretty and so fair
As you take yourself to be,
I'll choose you for a partner,
Come walk along with me.

We go walking on the green grass
Thus, thus, thus.

I would not be a blacksmith
That smuts his nose and chin,
I'd rather be a sailor-boy
That sails thro' the wind.
Sailor-boy, sailor-boy,
Sailor-boy for me,
If ever I get married
A sailor's wife she'll be.

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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Sailor-Boy" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Mariner", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 90

Mariner

Language: Catalan (Català) after the English

Anem caminant damunt l’herba verda,
així, així, així,
veniu totes, vosaltres, noies boniques,
veniu a caminar amb nosaltres.
Tan bonica i tan formosa
com et consideres ser,
jo t’escolliré com esposa,
vine a caminar amb mi.

Anem caminant damunt l’herba verda,
així, així, així.

No seré pas un ferrer
que s’emmascara el nas i el mentó,
m’estimo més ser un mariner
que navega a través del vent.
Mariner, mariner,
mariner vull ser,
si mai em caso
ella serà la dona d’un mariner.

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a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-10-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 82