by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Ha! compagnons nous voyla bien
Language: French (Français)
Ha! compagnons nous voyla bien,
Les autres plaisirs ne sont rien
Au pris de celuy que nous donne
Le bon vin sortant de la tonne.
C’est viure que d’en faire cas,
C’est mourir de n’en boire pas.
Les remedes des medcins
Nous corrompent les intestins,
Je ne voy rien pour nostre vsage
De pareil a ce doux breuvage.
C’est viure que d’en faire cas,
C’est mourir de n’en boire pas.
Il fait que l’on s’en porte mieux,
Il donne la joye à nos yeux,
Il rend la leure plus vermeille,
Et nous mét la puce à l’oreille.
C’est viure que d’en faire cas,
C’est mourir de n’en boire pas.
Plus on prend de cette liqueur,
Plus on a force et vigueur:
Prions donc que ce vin nous dure,
C’est l’espère de la nature.
C’est viure que d’en faire cas,
C’est mourir de n’en boire pas.
Beuuons beuuons pour ce soujét,
Et n’ayons hamais d’autre objét
Que celuy de nostre bouteille,
Puis qu’elle est plaine de merueille.
C’est viure que d’en faire cas,
C’est mourir de n’en boire pas.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Étienne Moulinié (1599 - 1676), "Ha! compagnons nous voyla bien", published 1624 [ voice, lute ], from Airs avec La Tablature de Luth - Premier Livre, no. 14, Confirmed with Airs avec La Tablature de Luth - Premier Livre, Pierre Ballard, Paris, 1624, Page 17. [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Iain Sneddon) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 178
Ha! Companions now you see us happy
Language: English after the French (Français)
Ha! Companions now you see us happy,
Other pleasures are nothing
In the hands of he who gives us
The good wine coming out of the barrel.
It is to live to make a case for this,
It is to die not to drink it.
The Doctors’ remedies
Corrupt our guts,
I don't see anything as useful
As this sweet philter.
It is to live to make a case for this,
It is to die not to drink it.
It makes us better off,
It gives joy to our eyes,
It makes the lip redder,
And we put a flea in the ear.
It is to live to make a case for this,
It is to die not to drink it.
The more you drink this liquor,
The more strength and vigor you will have:
Let us therefore pray that this wine will last us,
It is normal to hope so.
It is to live to make a case for this,
It is to die not to drink it.
Let’s drink, drink to this man,
And let us hate no other thing
That this from our bottle,
Then it is full of wonder.
It is to live to make a case for this,
It is to die not to drink it.
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