Marguerite is ill | Marguerite is ill

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Claycomb

Marguerite, elle est malade

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Marguerite, elle est malade,
il lui faut (aut! aut!) le médecin!
Médecin par sa visite
Lui a de(he he)fendu le vin
Médecin, va-t'en au diable
puisque tu(u u) défend le vin
J'en ai bu toute ma vie
J'en boirai (he he) jusqu'à la fin.

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 Mátyás György Seiber (1905 - 1960), "Marguerite, elle est malade", 1944, published 1959 [soprano and guitar], from Four French Folksongs, no. 4, Schott [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , "Marguerite is ill", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Laura Claycomb

This text was added to the website: 2011-11-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

Marguerite is ill

Language: English after the French (Français)

Marguerite is ill, 
she needs a doctor!
The doctor says in his visit
that wine is off limits!
Doctor, go to the Devil
as long as you keep wine from me!
I've drunk all my life
I will drink until the very end!

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a text in French (Français) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2011-11-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 43