When my old man comes in | When my old man comes in, the sot

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Quand mon mari vient de dehors

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: DUT ENG

Quand mon mary vient de dehors
Ma rente est d'estre batue,
Il prend la cuillier du pot,
A la teste il me la rue,
J'ay grand peur qu'il ne me tue,
C'est vn faux villain jaloux
C'est vn villain rioteux, grommeleux :
Je suis jeune & il est vieux.

Modernized form of the text:

Quand mon mari vient de dehors
Ma rente est d'etre battue ;
Il prend la cuillier du pot,
A la tête il me la rue,
J'ai grand peur qu'il ne me tue ;
C'est un faux villain jaloux
C'est un villain rioteux, gromeleux ;
Je suis jeune et il est vieux.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text checked 1 time 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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Quand mon mari vient de dehors", 1564 [ vocal quintet for 2 tenors, 2 baritones, and bass ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Marjan Smit) , "Als mijn man van buiten terugkomt", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Wyatt) , "When my old man comes in", copyright © 2012, (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: 8
Word count: 48

When my old man comes in

Language: English after the French (Français)

When my old man comes in, the sot,
A merry dance then I get led.
He takes the ladle from the pot
And swings it right around my head --
I really think he'll leave me dead.
In his jealousy he's bold
Ugly, grumbling and cold --
Yet I'm young and he is old!

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2012 by David Wyatt, (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 French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 52