09 Mar 00 - 09:15 PM (#192778) Subject: Dominique From: fulurum my girlfriend watched an old movie, "the singing nun", the other day and now she wants the lyrics to "dominique" alls i can find is the lyrics in what i believe to be french. anybody have them in english.? please help, she's driving me nuts. thanks, fulurum |
09 Mar 00 - 09:18 PM (#192781) Subject: ADD: Dominique From: Joe Offer Aha! That's a job for Lyrics World [drum roll, please] - Click here for your song. DOMINIQUE The Singing Nun Dominique, nique, nique, over the land he plods And sings a little song Never asking for reward He just talks about the Lord He just talks about the Lord At a time when Johnny Lackland Over England was the King Dominique was in the backland Fighting sin like anything Now a heretic, one day Among the thorns forced him to crawl Dominique with just one prayer Made him hear the good Lord's call Without horse or fancy wagon He crossed Europe up and down Poverty was his companion As he walked from town to town To bring back the straying liars And the lost sheep to the fold He brought forth the Preaching Friars Heaven's soldier's, brave and bold One day, in the budding Order There was nothing left to eat Suddenly two angels walked in With a loaf of bread and meat Dominique once, in his slumber Saw the Virgin's coat unfurled Over Frairs without number Preaching all around the world Grant us now, oh Dominique The grace of love and simple mirth That we all may help to quicken Godly life and truth on earth Dominique, nique, nique s'en allait tout simplement Routier pauvre et chantant En tous chemins, en tous lieux, il ne parle que du bon Dieu Il ne parle que du bon Dieu A l'e poque ou Jean-sans-Terre de' Angleterre etait Roi Dominique, notre Pere, combattit les Albigeois Repeat first 4 lines: Chorus Ni chameau, ni diligence il parcout l'Europe a pied Scandinavie ou Provence dans la sainte pauvrete Refrain Enflamma de toute ecole filles et garcons pleins d'ardeur Et pour semer la Parole inventa les Freres-Precheurs Refrain Chez Dominique et ses freres le pain s'en vint a manquer Et deux anges se presenterent portant de grands pains dores Refrain Dominique vit en reve les precheurs du monde entier Sous le manteau de la Vierge en grand nombre rassembles Refrain Dominique, mon bon Pere, garde-nous simples et gais Pour annoncer a nos freres la Vie et la Verite Refrain |
09 Mar 00 - 09:22 PM (#192783) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Joe Offer Three minutes. Two links. Not bad.... -Joe Offer, trying to beat Jeri's two-minute record- |
09 Mar 00 - 09:47 PM (#192803) Subject: RE: Dominique From: fulurum was it charlie chan or sherlock holmes who said to never overlook the obvious.but leave it to another great detective to come up with the solution. my girlfriend really appreciates it. like i said in some other thread, she can be a real sweetheart, but she can also be one of the meanest woman ever to straddle a pot. thanks a lot joe, i appreciate it. fulurum |
10 Mar 00 - 01:03 AM (#192909) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Amos Lemme know if she wants the French lyrics -- at least two bits of them... A |
10 Mar 00 - 03:36 AM (#192948) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Joe Offer Say, Amos, follow the links people provide before you bother to post lyrics - the link I posted gives both English and French. Many of us have taken to posting links to pop lyrics, for a number of reasons. Same thing for lyrics that are already in the in the database - those should almost NEVER be posted. -Joe Offer- |
10 Mar 00 - 03:57 AM (#192949) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Wolfgang Of course, this was a great opportunitiy for Joe to display his outstanding abilities, but... fulurum, when you entered the word "Dominique" as subject for this thread Max's program had shown you six links to old threads in the Forum with the word 'Dominique' in them. Right the first of these links leads to an old thread with a still working link to 'Dominique' both in English and French including a midi. Wolfgang |
10 Mar 00 - 10:21 AM (#193010) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Amos Well, Joe, sorry...I didn't see the French on the link provided, because I was being hasty. But I only offered to send out some lyrics, and didn't, so can come out of the birdhouse now?? |
10 Mar 00 - 11:15 AM (#193046) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Art Thieme Whew, I was working at Rose Records in Chicago's loop around '62 and from Halloween until a week after New Years day "Dominique" was the ONLY record playing out of a loud speaker over the front sidewalk. By Thanksgiving we were all praying that the damn thing would spontaneously combust, but no such luck. The name of the nun was something like "Seur Sorrierre" in French but we were certain it translated to "Sister Sore Rear" in English. One day the 45 turned up broken on the turntable. I wonder how that happened? But the boss had at least 20 more... Love and peace, Art Thieme |
10 Mar 00 - 12:13 PM (#193078) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Wolfgang "Soeur sourire", but the correct translation is much less fun than the one suggested by Art. Wolfgang |
10 Mar 00 - 12:33 PM (#193084) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Peter T. I would like to point out that this sweet song by a nun is about the butchering of thousands of Albigensian heretics by the armies of France under the aegis of the medieval Catholic Church, using St. Dominic as a cover. (A l'epogue ou Jean Sans Terre D'Angleterre etait le roi, Dominique notre pere combattit les Albigeious!!!) yours, Peter T. |
10 Mar 00 - 12:43 PM (#193091) Subject: RE: Dominique From: MMario These aren't the lyrics I remember....are there TWO "dominique" songs? |
11 Mar 00 - 12:28 AM (#193346) Subject: RE: Dominique From: GUEST,TTCM Very good Peter T. Keep us informed. |
11 Mar 00 - 12:35 PM (#193454) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Ferrara Mmario, I have the record (mea culpa!) and I believe I remember the verse about the Albigensians that Peter T quoted. The nun's name meant "Sister Smile." I heard (may be fakelore) that the success went to her head and she left the convent to try her hand as a singer, whereupon nobody liked her singing anymore.... Part of its charm, actually, was the lighthearted innocence of the songs. Image is all.... Leaving the convent would have ruined her image if it's true. Anyway, "Dominique" is a song singing the praises of st. Dominic. I guess they were Dominican nuns. |
11 Mar 00 - 01:55 PM (#193481) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Jon Freeman http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_078.html Jon |
11 Mar 00 - 02:17 PM (#193490) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Amos Geezis, Jon, where do you _find_ this stuff? Amazink! |
11 Mar 00 - 02:20 PM (#193493) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Jon Freeman Straight search of Yahoo for "The Singing Nun". I though that one might be interesting. Jon |
11 Mar 00 - 05:26 PM (#193544) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Penny S. As I recall, the song claimed that Dominic climbed through hedges backwards or something, and by his joy converted the heretics. A whitewash job, compared with the history of the inquisition. Penny |
11 Mar 00 - 06:54 PM (#193571) Subject: RE: Dominique From: McGrath of Harlow Heavy stuff indeed.
But it's a brilliant site, Joe. Only one criticism - its links page doesn't have the DT or the Mudcat. |
11 Mar 00 - 08:41 PM (#193609) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Bud Savoie Come on, Peter T! This is not the site for the all-American sport of Catholic-bashing. St. Dominic was out to CONVERT the Albigentians, no rough stuff, and he wasn't a "cover" for the Church or anything else. Of course, one of my ancestors was hard on the Waldenses.... |
04 Mar 06 - 01:20 PM (#1685120) Subject: RE: Dominique From: chico That translation is inaccurrate above. The Albigensians were massacred and tortured for the earthly power of rome. |
04 Mar 06 - 06:47 PM (#1685281) Subject: RE: Dominique From: chico
[By Jeanne Deckers, 1933-1985. #1 US hit in 1963. Playfully describes St. Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican (Blackfriars) order, and his participation in the Albigensian Crusade, (1209-1229), known for its extreme violence and brutality by the catholic crusaders against the dissendent Cathars of southern gallia. The town of Beziers was 'raped' and its ten-thousand inhabitants slaughtered. A painting of 1475 by Pedro Berruguete was entitled "Saint Dominic de Guzman presiding over an Auto-da-fe against Albigensians".] |
03 Apr 16 - 01:38 PM (#3783108) Subject: RE: Dominique From: keberoxu Soeur Sourire had an entire LP on Philips; after the Ed Sullivan appearance, the album was added to my parent's record collection. There's a song on it called "Adèle." It is the name of the nun's Spanish guitar, she wrote a song about her own guitar. And on the breaks between verses, she and her fellow nun anticipate the Gipsy Kings, with rapid strumming and clapping (palmas), so this Belgian nun must have been acquainted with the Gitans of the Camargue (at that point it would have been José Reyes singing with Manitas de Plata no doubt). Funny that the story of Dominic's life left out the "Seignadou." A bright light over the hills of southern France, no Dominican account of Dominic's life is complete without it. Listening to those French lyrics at an early age, helped me enormously later on when studying French -- got those sounds in my ear. One last thing about Dominic: he and St Francis of Assisi met each other, and there is at least one famous painting on THAT subject as well. A shame how Jeanine Deckers ended. The note read: "We hope God will take us. He saw us suffer." |
04 Apr 16 - 01:15 PM (#3783362) Subject: RE: Dominique From: GUEST,kenny .....aye, but how many of you can remember what the "B-side" was ? It's really strange the things you remember sometimes. My mother bought this record when it came out - I seem to remember [ why I really don't know ], that the B-side was a song called "Entre Les Etoiles". Ah'll get ma jaickit............................. |
04 Apr 16 - 01:24 PM (#3783366) Subject: RE: Dominique From: keberoxu Oh, don't go yet! Just because "Entre Les Etoiles" doesn't have its own thread, like "Dominique." Entre Les Etoiles is one of my childhood favorites from listening to that album. It has a melody that, as the saying goes, you leave the theatre humming it. |
04 Apr 16 - 04:05 PM (#3783399) Subject: RE: Dominique From: Monique The first line of this song sounds funny in French: "Dominique, -nique, -nique" (Dominic, -nic, -nic) sounds like "Dominique nique, nique" (Dominic fucks, fucks). It made generations of French-speaking people smile... |
04 Apr 16 - 04:21 PM (#3783401) Subject: RE: Dominique From: keberoxu Yes, I heard that one! |