The spinner | When I was a little girl

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Lo fiolairé

Language: Occitan

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ton qu'èrè pitchounèlo,
Gordavè loui moutous.
Ti lirou lirou... la la diri tou tou la lara!

Obio 'no counoulhèto
è n'ai près u postrou.
Ti lirou lirou... la la diri tou tou la lara!

Per fa l'obiroudèto
Mè domound' un poutou.
Ti lirou lirou... la la diri tou tou la lara!

È ièu soui pas ingrato,
Èn lièt d'un n'in fau dous!
Ti lirou lirou... la la diri tou tou la lara!

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 Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003), "Lo fiolairé", 1964, from Folk Songs, no. 10, note: arranged for Cathy Berberian. [sung text checked 1 time]
by Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957), "Lo fiolairé", from Chants d'auvergne III, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The spinner", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La fileuse", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72

The spinner

Language: English after the Occitan

When I was a little [girl],
I tended the sheep.
Ti lirou lirou... la la diri tou tou la lara!

I had a spindle
and I called a shepherd to me.
Ti lirou lirou... la la diri tou tou la lara!

For looking after my flock
He demanded a kiss [each time].
Ti lirou lirou... la la diri tou tou la lara!

And I, not one to be ungrateful,
Instead of one, I gave him two!
Ti lirou lirou... la la diri tou tou la lara!

Text Authorship:

Translation from Occitan to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (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 Occitan from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 86