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Translation © by David Wyatt

Mon père si m’y maria

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Mon père si m’y maria 
Vous m’entendes bien
A un viellard si m’y donna
Pensez vous que je l’ayme?
Jamais je n’aymeray viellard.
Et nous le layrons la.

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 Jean de Maletty (flourished 16th century), "Mon père si m’y maria" [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Father, if you truly", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2017-02-17
Line count: 6
Word count: 28

Father, if you truly

Language: English after the French (Français)

Father, if you truly
Intend to marry me off,
If you give me to an old man
Do you think I’ll love him?
I shall never love an old man
And we’ll leave it there.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-17
Line count: 6
Word count: 35