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Quant j'ai ouy la tabourin Sonner, pour s'en aler au may, En mon lit n'en ay fait effray Ne levé mon chief du coissin ; En disant : il est trop matin, Ung peu je me rendormiray : Quant j'ay ouy le tabourin Sonner, pour s'en aler au may. Jeunes gens partent leur butin ; De Nonchaloir m'accointeray : A lui je m'abutineray, Trouvé l'ay plus prouchain voisin : Quant j'ay ouy le tabourin.
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Confirmed with Aimé Champollion-Figeac, ed., Les Poésies du Duc Charles d'Orléans, Paris, J. Belin-Leprieur fils, 1842, Page 290.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Rondel XXXVIII" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Charles Colas , "Quand j'ai ouï le tambourin", published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons et rondeaux choisis de Charles d'Orléans 2ème cahier, no. 3, Paris, Édition B. Roudanez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin", L. 99/(92) no. 2 (1898-1908) [ four-part mixed chorus ], from Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bart Visman (b. 1962), "Tabourin", 1999? [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "When I heard the tambourine", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Auditorium du Louvre , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 68
When I heard the tambourine Sound the call to go a-maying, I was not disturbed by it in my bed Nor did I lift my head from the cushion; Saying, "It is too early; I'll sleep yet a bit more," When I heard the tambourine Sound the call to go a-maying. Young folk divide their spoils; I will keep company with not caring, With it I will share my spoils Having found it my nearest neighbor, When I heard the tambourine.
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Translations of titles:
"Quand j'ai ouï le tambourin" = "When I heard the tambourine"
"Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin" = "When I heard the tambourine"
"Rondel XXXVIII" = "Rondel XXXVIII"
"Tabourin" = "Tambourine"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Middle French to English copyright © 2014 by Grant Hicks, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Middle French by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Rondel XXXVIII"
This text was added to the website: 2025-05-07
Line count: 13
Word count: 81