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In good King Arthur's days He was a merry king He threw three servants out of his house Because they wouldn't sing Because they wouldn't sing Because they wouldn't sing He threw three servants out of his house Because they wouldn't sing The first he was a miller And the second he was a weaver And the third he was a little tailor Three thieving rogues together Three thieving rogues together Three thieving rogues together And the third he was a little tailor Three thieving rogues together The miller he stole corn And the weaver he stole yarn And the little tailor he stole broadcloth For to keep these three rogues warm For to keep these three rogues warm For to keep these three rogues warm And the little tailor he stole broadcloth For to keep these three rogues warm The miller he drowned in his dam And the weaver he hung on his yarn And the devil put his foot on the little tailor With the broadcloth under his arm With the broadcloth under his arm With the broadcloth under his arm And the devil put his foot on the little tailor With the broadcloth under his arm
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Servants of King Arthur", 1943, first performed 1944 [voice(s) and orchestra], from Eight British and American Folk Songs, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Les domestiques du roi Arthur", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Martin Jahn
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
Line count: 32
Word count: 199
Du temps du bon roi Arthur. C'était un roi joyeux, Il jeta trois domestiques hors de sa maison Parce qu'ils ne voulaient pas chanter. Parce qu'ils ne voulaient pas chanter, Parce qu'ils ne voulaient pas chanter, Il jeta trois domestiques hors de sa maison Parce qu'ils ne voulaient pas chanter. Le premier était meunier, Et le second, il était tisserand, Et le troisième, c'était un petit tailleur, Trois fripons voleurs ensemble. Trois fripons voleurs ensemble, Trois fripons voleurs ensemble. Et le troisième, c'était un petit tailleur, Trois fripons voleurs ensemble. Le meunier, il volait du grain, Et le tisserand il volait du fil, Et le petit tailleur il volait de la toile, Pour garder ces trois fripons au chaud. Pour garder ces trois fripons au chaud, Pour garder ces trois fripons au chaud. Et le petit tailleur il volait de la toile, Pour garder ces trois fripons au chaud. Le meunier se noya dans son barrage, Et le tisserand il se pendit à son fil, Et le diable posa son pied sur le petit tailleur Avec la toile sous son bras. Avec la toile sous son bras, Avec la toile sous son bras. Et le diable posa son pied sur le petit tailleur Avec la toile sous son bras.
Authorship
- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (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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- a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
This text was added to the website: 2015-08-27
Line count: 32
Word count: 209