Down below in Limousin | Down below in Limousin, little one, down below in Limousin

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Obal din lou Limouzi

Language: Occitan

Our translations: ENG

Obal din lou Limouzi, pitchoun' obal din lou Limouzi,
Sé l'io dè dzèntoï drolloï, o bé, o bé,
Sé l'io dè dzèntoï drolloï, oïçi, o bé!

Golon, ton bèlo què siascou lèï drolloï dè toun pois,
Lous nostrès fringaïrès èn Limouzi,
Saboun miliour counta flourèt' o bé!

Obal, din lou Limouzi, pitchouno, sé soun golon,
Oïçi en Aoubèrgno, dïn moun poïs,
Lous omès bous aïmoun è soun fidèls!

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 Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957), "Obal din lou Limouzi", subtitle: "Bourée recueillie un jour de fête votive à Maurs (Cantal)" [ voice and piano ], from Chants d'auvergne I, no. 3c, Trois bourrés no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Down below in Limousin", subtitle: "Bourée collected on a religious holiday in Maurs (department of Cantal)", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 68

Down below in Limousin

Language: English after the Occitan

Down below in Limousin, little one, down below in Limousin,
There are lots of pretty girls, o yes, o yes,
There are lots of pretty girls, here [too], o yes!

Gallant lad, however beautiful the girls are in your country,
Our young men in Limousin,
Know better how to make love, o yes!

Down below in Limousin, little one, they are galant,
Here in the Auvergne, in my country,
The men love us and are faithful!

Subtitle: "Bourée collected on a religious holiday in Maurs (department of Cantal)"

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Based on:

a text in Occitan from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-20
Line count: 9
Word count: 76