Lyr Req: Flames of Hell (Cajun song by Joel Savoy)

Subject: Lyr Req: Flames of Hell
From: GUEST,fiddler434
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 12:33 PM

I learned a cajun tune from Joel Savoy called "The Flames of Hell".
I wonder if anyone knows the lyrics. I need them in English, but if they are in French, I can find someone to translate. Thanks

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Flames of Hell (cajun song by Joel Savoy)
From: MMario
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 01:15 PM

O, 'tite tante, priez pour moi
J'suis condammé pour les flammes d'enfer
Priez pour moi, sauvez mon ame
J'suis condammé pour les flammes d'enfer.




English Translation:

Oh, little aunt, pray for me
I'm condemned to the flames of hell
Pray for me, save my soul
I'm condemned to the flames of hell.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Flames of Hell (cajun song by Joel Sa
From: Dead Horse
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 07:53 PM

Try this site
It has that one and more besides.
IMHO the Dewey Balfa version is superior, though much simpler. Dewey was a master cajun fiddler, and going by your monica, should be right up your alley :-)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Flames of Hell (cajun song by Joel Sa
From: Dead Horse
Date: 21 Dec 05 - 07:56 PM

.....and its OK to learn the lyrics in english, so long as ya sing em in cajun. Right!
(otherwise I shall bloody start singin O Sole Mio in bleedin russian!!!)

Subject: Lyr Add: LES FLAMMES D'ENFER / THE FLAMES OF HELL
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 23 Dec 05 - 01:29 AM

In French, it's known as LES FLAMMES D'ENFER, and under that title, it's been recorded by The Balfa Brothers, Beausoleil, Michael Doucet, Austin Pitre, Zachary Richard, Jo-El Sonnier, and many others. Sometimes it's called traditional, sometimes it's attributed to Austin Pitre, sometimes to Michael Doucet, and sometimes to Floyd Soileau.

Here are some lyrics from the web site of an all-female band called Les Femmes D'Enfer:

LES FLAMMES D'ENFER
(Austin Pitre)

O 'tite tante, priez pour moi.
Priez pour moi, sauvez mon âme.
Moi, j'suis condamné pour les flammes d'enfer, 'tite tante.
Priez pour moi, sauvez mon âme.

Quand j'va mourir, enterre moi pas,
Enterre moi pas dans la cimitière.
Mais, enterre moi dans la coin d'la court, 'tite tante,
La coin de la court, chez ton papa.

THE FLAMES OF HELL

Oh, little aunt, pray for me.
Pray for me, save my soul.
I'm condemned to the flames of hell, little aunt.
Pray for me, save my soul.

When I die, don't bury me,
Don't bury me in the cemetery.
Please bury me in the corner of the yard,
The corner of the yard at your papa's house.