The man, the armed man (Anonymous, set by (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

L'homme, l'homme armé

Language: French (Français)

Available translation(s): ENG

L'homme, l'homme armé
L'homme armé doibt on douter
On a fait partout crier
Que chascun se viegne armer
D'un haubregon de fer.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "L'homme, l'homme armé" [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "The man, the armed man", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-14
Line count: 5
Word count: 22

The man, the armed man

Language: English after the French (Français)

The man, the armed man,
The armed man, you must be careful of him,
It's been cried abroad all over the place
That everyone should come and arm themselves
With an iron breastplate.

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a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-14
Line count: 5
Word count: 33