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Monique Lyr Add: Jeannette and Jeannot (18) RE: Lyr Add: Jeannette and Jeannot 12 Nov 20


Here is the Jura song Jeannette, Jeannot. Some words/lines are still all Greek to me and my s-i-l.

J'âmo bin ma Jeannette
Et son nâ rizolet:
Tot cein qu'on l'ai conmande
Lo fa à bètzevet.

Refrain
Jeannette, Jeannette, Jeannette, Jeannot.
Faut brama trei coup Jeannette,
Et rein qu'un coup Jeannot!
Jeannette, Jeannot.
Hé Jeannette,
Hé Jeannot
2
Lo bet' ein tsamp lè vatse
Dévant de lè z'aryâ,
Lè caïon dein l'étrabllye
Chautant lau dédjonnâ.
3
Jeannot, t'î onna bîte
Lè bin tè que t'î fou:
T'a rolhî noutrè modze,
Epouairî lo berau!
4
T'î pas fotya deféré
Ne bûro, ne sèré,
Et te letse la cranma!
Quin repé de sorcié!
5
Jeannot! oh! tsaravoûta!
T'ein a mé bu soulon,
Que n'ein a pè La Coûta
Dein lè meillâo z'aotôn.
6
Quais'-tè, vîlhie baôgresse
Fifare de café!
T'ein faut dâi zécouèlette
Quasu plleinn' onna mé.
7
Et porquie ein tant dere
Et tant no remauffâ?
Fazein vit' onna danse,
Dévant que de goutâ!

Translation

I like my Jeannette
And her funny nose:
whatever we command her
she does backwards

Chorus
Jeannette, Jeannette,
Jeannette, Jeannot.
You have to shout three times "Jeannette",
And but only once "Jeannot"
Jeannette, Jeannot.
Hey Jeannette, Hey Jeannot

Sing to the cows
Before milking them;
Calves in the barn
Are skipping their breakfast.

Jeannot, you're a beast
Maybe (?) you're crazy:
You hit our heifer
Terrified the ram

You are not able
To make neither butter nor whey cheese,
And you leave the cream!
What a wizard's meal

Jeannot, oh! Rascal!
You already drank too much, you drunkard,
Than there is by La Coûta (???) (La Couta is some town)
in the best (?)

Shut up, you old bastard
Barfly/drinker!
You need little bowls
As full as a flour bin.

And why speak so much
And growling so much
Let's do a dance
Quickly before tea.


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