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Joe Offer Origins: un festin de campagne (7) ADD: un festin de campagne 26 Oct 23


For a start, here are lyrics from one of "those" Websites. I'll ask Monique to stop by and help us out.

Le festin de campagne

Chez nous ils ont fait un festin
Un festin de campagne (bis)
Ils ont invité les voisins
Les parents de nos femmes

Refrain
Tout l' monde riait, pis moé j' chantais
Et pis pan pan, du fun, il y en avait
Y'en avait pour tout l'monde (bis)

Pis v'là l' bonhomme de la maison
Qui était pas mal en air (bis)
Y nous a chanté une p'tite chanson
A fallu faire chorus

(Refrain)

C'était le joueur de violon
Qui était pas mal en air (bis)
Y nous a joué un p'tit rigodon
À quat' pattes sur le poêle

(Refrain)

Quand c'est venu vers les 11 heures
On était tous à quat' pattes (bis)
Il ne restait personne debout
À part moé pis la chatte

(Refrain)

Voilà l' matou qui était jaloux
De m' voir avec sa compagne (bis)
Voilà qu'il me traita de fou
Ça r'vira à la chicane

(Refrain)

Le composeur de cette chanson
Y est pas ben loin d' vous autres (bis)
Vous n'avez qu'à y passer l' flacon
Y vous en chantera une autre

(Refrain)


Source: https://www.stlyrics.com/songs/l/labottinesouriante31999/lefestindecampagne1529277.html

The recordings I found most often were by:

And here's the Folkways recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zsGRlfSReg

Edition by Monique (below)

THE COUNTRY FEAST

At our house they had a feast
A country feast
They invited the neighbors
The parents of our wives

Chorus
Everyone was laughing, and I was singing
And also boom! Fun, there was some of it
There was some (fun) for everyone

And here's the man of the house
Who was pretty drunk
He sang us a little song
We had to join in chorus

(Chorus)

The violin player
Was pretty drunk
He played a little rigaudon for us
On all fours on the stove

(Chorus)

When it came around 11 o'clock
We were all on all fours
There was no one left standing
Except for me and the she-cat

(Chorus)

And then the tomcat who was jealous
To see me with his partner
Then he called me crazy
It turned into a quarrel

(Chorus)

The composer of this song
Is not far from you
You just have to pass him the bottle
He'll sing you another one

(Chorus)


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