The second one is a Christmas carol from the "Noëls de Notre-Dame des Doms". Those carols were created by the churchgoers from Notre-Dame des Doms in Avignon on former dance tunes and they started to be written down in the 16th century. It was recorded by the Provençal trad group Mont-Jòia 30 odd years ago. You can hear the tune and see the sheet music here.


PASTRES RINTRATZ VÒSTREI TROPÈUS

Pastres, rintratz vòstrei tropèus
E corretz lèu en grand diligença
Per adorar la bèla naissença
D'aqueste enfant que vèn dau cèu.

Anirem toei d'aqueste pas
Fringar davans eu lei cinc pas

Eu ei naissut en Ventabren*
Desmantelat come Romanhòla**
Plorant caumatge subre la viòla
Dins una crupi sensa fen.

E tot çò que vautrei podretz
Per eu de boan cuer va faretz

A costat sa maire veiretz
Lo boan José qu'ei lo sieu paire
L'ai e lo buòu de l'autre caire
Per vos mostrar çò que faretz

Anirem toei d'aqueste pas
Fringar davans eu lei cinc pas

Alora anèm d'aqueste pas
L'adorar dintre sa logeta
E au son de nòstrei musetas
Fringar davans eu lei cinc pas

E tot çò que nautrei podrem
Per eu de boan cuer va farem.

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SHEPHERDS BRING YOUR FLOCK IN TONIGHT

Shepherds, bring your flocks in tonight
And run quickly in the greatest haste
To adore the holy birth full of grace
Of this child down from heaven so bright

We'll all go right away full of vim
Dance the five steps in front of him.

He was born very far away,
Without a coat as is Romanhòla
Crying unemployment on his viola,
In a manger without hay.

And every thing that you can do
For him you will willingly do.

Near him, his mother dressed in blue
And the good Joseph who is his father
The donkey, the bull watching together
They'll show you what you're meant to do.

We'll all go right away full of vim
Dance the five steps in front of him.

Then let's go at once adore him.
Let's hurry and let's follow the bright lights,
And to the sound of our bagpipes
Dance the five steps in front of him.

And every thing that we can do
For him we will willingly do.


*Ventabren is a village near Aix en Provence
**Romanhòla was a musicologist famous for his poverty.