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Monique Lyr Add: Mary Anne Went to the Mill (French) (15) RE: Lyr Add: Mary Anne Went to the Mill (French) 30 Jun 20


Sometimes, she's called Marion instead. One rendition, another rendition.

Here is one set of lyrics from here:

1 Quand Marion va-t-au moulin,
Filant sa quenouille de lin,
À cheval sur son âne,
À l'âne ! (ter)
À cheval sur son âne Martin,
Pour aller au moulin.

2.
Quand le meunier la vit venir,
De rire n'a pu se tenir.
"Attachez là votre âne,
À l'âne ! (ter)
Attachez là votre âne Martin
Pour aller au moulin !

3.
Pendant que le grain se moulait,
L' meunier, la Marion caressait.
Le loup a mangé l'âne,
À l'âne ! (ter)
Le loup a mangé l'âne Martin...

4.
"Meunier, meunier, tu as grand tort,
Tu m'as caressée, l'âne est mort !
Tu m'y rach't'ras un âne,
À l'âne ! (ter)
Tu m'y rach't'ras un âne Martin...

5.
— J'ai dix écus dans mon gousset,
Prends-en trois, il en rest'ra sept !
Tu t'y rach't'ras un âne: !
À l'âne ! (ter)
Tu t'y rach't'ras un âne Martin..."

6.
Quand son père la voit venir,
De colèr' n'a pu se tenir; :
"Ça n'est point ça noutr' âne,
À l'âne ! (ter)
Ça n'est point ça noutr' âne Martin...

7.
Noutr' âne avait les quat' pieds blancs,
Les deux oreill' en relevant,
Le bout de la queue noire,
À boire ! (ter)
Le bout de la queue noire, Martin...

8.
— Ne sais-tu pas, pauvre nigaud,
Que les vieill's ân' changent de peau ?
C'est ce qu'a fait noutr' âne,
À l'âne !
(ter) C'est ce qu'a fait noutr' âne Martin
Qui allait au moulin !"
1 When Marion goes to the mill
Spinning her distaff of flax
A-riding her donkey
To the donkey! (3x)
A-riding her donkey Martin
To go to the mill

2.
When the miller saw her coming
He had a great laugh/he couldn't hold back his laughter
"Tie your donkey there
To the donkey! (3x)
Tie your donkey Martin there
To go to the mill!"

3.
While the grain was being ground)
The miller was caressing Marion
The wolf ate the donkey
To the donkey! (3x)
The wolf ate the donkey Martin

4.
"Miller, miller, you're very wrong
You caressed me, the donkey's dead
You'll buy me another donkey
To the donkey! (3x)
You'll buy me another donkey Martin"

5.
"I have ten crowns in my fob pocket
Take three of them, there'll be seven left
You'll buy another donkey
To the donkey! (3x)
You'll buy another donkey Martin

6.
When her father sees her coming
He can't hold back his anger
"This is not our donkey
To the donkey! (3x)
This is not our donkey Martin


7. Our donkey had four white feet
Both ears raised
The end of its tail black
Some drinks!(3x)
The end of its tail black, Martin"

8.
"Don't you know, you old fool
That old donkeys change their skin
It's what our donkey did
To the donkey! (3x)
It's what our donkey Martin did
[He that] was going to the mill."


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