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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Mais qui pourroit estre celuy
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Mais qui pourroit estre celuy,
Qui me fait chercher mon oyseau?
Est-ce point ce meschant Daluy?
C'est un faux petit larronneau,
Il me fait a tous coups chercher
Tout cela gu'il me peut cacher.
    Qui me la, Qui me la, Qui me la pris
    Qui le remette ou il la pris.

Si mon gentil Francin sçavoit,
Qui m'a fait un si lache tour,
M'avoir prins ce qui nous avoit
Enflammé tout le coeur d'amour
Et qui nous a par ses doux chants
Retins cent fois emmy ces chams.
    Qui me la, Qui me la, Qui me la pris
    Qui le remette ou il la pris.

Helas mon Francin, mon mignon,
Je crain & me doute bien fort,
Que nostre petit compagnon
N'ait enduré un grand effort,
Car j'ay veu nostre gros chat roux,
Qui le guignoit a tous les coups'.
    Qui me la, Qui me la, Qui me la pris
    Qui le remette ou il la pris.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Mais qui pourroit estre celuy", 1584. [6v] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Oh who could this be", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 157

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