PASTRÉ, DÈ DÈLAY L'AYO (BAYLÈRO LÈRO) (Occitan) "Pastré, dè dèlay l'ayo As gayré dè boun tems Dió, lou baylèro, lèro ? Lèro, lèro, lèro, lèro, baylèro lô ?" "È n'ay pas gayré, e dió, tu, Baylèro, lèro ! Lèro, lèro, lèro, lèro, baylèro lô ?" "Pastré, lou prat fay flour, L'y cal gorda toun troupel." "L'erb'ès pu fino'l prat d'oyci." "Pastré, couçi foray ? En obal y o lou bel riou !" "Espèro-mé, té báu çirca." (Transcription as published in l'Anthologie des chants populaires by Canteloube) Coirault : 4502 Pastourelle de delà l'eau RADdO : 02709.

SHEPHERD, BEYOND THE WATER Shepherd, beyond the water (the river) You're hardly having a good time, Say, baylèro (1), lèro Lèro, lèro, lèro, lèro, baylèro lô ?" "I ain't, and you, say? Baylèro, lèro ! Lèro, lèro, lèro, lèro, baylèrolô?" "Shepherd, the grass/meadow is blooming, Come to watch your flock." "The grass is finer in the meadow here" "Shepherd, how would I cross? Over there is the large stream?" "Wait for me, I'm coming to fetch you."

(1) Baylèro (also spelled bailèra, baïlero) first referred to the sort of onomatopoeic call that shepherds would utter to keep in contact with one another before it referred to the call-and-answer type of shepherds songs.

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