If I had Marion | If I had Marion, alas

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Si j'avoye Marion

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Si j'avoye Marion, helas,
Du tout a mon plaisir,
La belle au corps mignon, helas,
Que mon cueur a choisi;
Au bois je la merroye dancer ung tourdion, et ho!
Et puis la remerroye tout droit en sa maison.

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 Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Si j'avoye Marion" [vocal trio] [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "If I had Marion", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-14
Line count: 6
Word count: 39

If I had Marion

Language: English after the French (Français)

If I had Marion, alas,
Entirely at my pleasure,
That beautiful lady with the charming body, alas,
That my heart has chosen;
I would lead her to the wood to dance a galliard, and ho!
Then I'd lead her straight home again.

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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: 2012-07-14
Line count: 6
Word count: 42