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Thread #71542 Message #1224707
Posted By: Joe Offer
13-Jul-04 - 01:42 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Chevaliers de la Table Ronde
Subject: RE: req: Chevaliers de la Table Ronde
Hey, there's a singable translation in the 1955 edition of Song Fest.
Let us drink, knights of the round table,
Let us see if the wine is good.
Let us drink, knights of the round table,
Let us see if the wine is good.
Let us see, oui, oui, oui
Let us see, non, non, non
Let us see if the wine is good.
Let us see, oui, oui, oui
Let us see, non, non, non
Let us see if the wine is good.
If it's good and if it is pleasant
I will drink it for pleasure sweet
(repeat)
I will drink, oui, oui, oui
I will drink, non, non, non
I will drink it for pleasure sweet
I will drink down five or six bottles
With a gal sitting on my knee
Knock, knock, knock, sounds upon the door
I suspect that it is her spouse
If it is, then the devil sent him
To disturb me in pleasure sweet
And if I die may I be buried
In the cave that is full of wine
And the country's four biggest drunkards
Will transport me in my black shroud
My two feet up on some partition
And my head right beneath the tap
On my tombstone I would have written
"Here asleep lies the king of drunks."
Now the moral of this long story
Is to drink while you're still alive.
Gee, and it sounds so romantic in French! Something must have been lost in the translation.
The French lyrics are the same in Song Fest and in Rise Up Singing, and almost the same in the Digital Tradition. Anybody have more verses to contribute?
-Joe Offer-