Translation Singable translation by R. H. Elkin
Mon joli bateau
Language: French (Français)
Voyez près du quai Le navire Qui vire : Ma mignonne, o gai ! Voulez-vous embarquer ? Mon joli bateau Se balance En cadence Mon joli bateau Se balance Sur l'eau ! Nous ferons courir La barquette Coquette : Je fais obéir La mer et les zéphyrs. Mon joli bateau etc. Nous irons là-bas Dans une île Fertile, Où tu cueilleras La rose et le lilas ... Mon joli bateau etc. Au pays d'amour Une belle Chapelle S'ouvre chaque jour Aux marins d'alentour ! Mon joli bateau etc. Nous échangerons Des tendresses Sans cesse, Nous nous aimerons Et nous nous marierons. Mon joli bateau etc.
Text 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 Gabriel Grovlez (1879 - 1944), "Mon joli bateau" [ voice and piano ], from Premier recueil de chansons d'enfants, Paris, Éd Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (R. H. Elkin) , "Jolly little boat"
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-06-10
Line count: 35
Word count: 98
Jolly little boat
Language: English after the French (Français)
See my skiff is here, All a-playing And swaying: Jump on board, my dear! We'll skim the waters clear. Jolly little boat All afloat on the water; Jolly little boat All afloat on the sea! See how she can go; No three-master Is faster: Waves and breezes know, They must obey me so. Jolly little boat etc. Isles we'll reach one day Full of bowers And flowers, We will land and stay, You shall pick posies gay. Jolly little boat etc. On this golden strand, As the morning Is dawning, Lo, a church does stand For happier pairs that land. Jolly little boat etc. We will bill and coo And discover We're lovers; I'll have none but you, And we will wed, we two ... Jolly little boat etc.
From the Grovlez score.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by R. H. Elkin , "Jolly little boat" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Sabine Mancel
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-06-10
Line count: 35
Word count: 128