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Thread #82344   Message #3869085
Posted By: GUEST,Jean-Pierre Wilmotte (Namur, Belgium)
30-Jul-17 - 11:39 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Michael Turner's Waltz
Subject: RE: Origins: Michael Turner's Waltz
In France as well as in Belgium, where this tune is also popular - we consider it as a mazurka. We call it "Mazurka sarthoise". A friend of mine has also provided me with two verses and a chorus that can be sung on this fine melody. This tune was passsed on to us by a Breton musician and singer, Alain Desnos, many years ago. Here are the words :

Si l'amour prenait racine
J'en planterais dans mon jardin
J'en planterais si long si large
Que j'en donnerais à mes voisins.

Je bois à la santé du Prince
Je bois à la santé du Roy
À la santé de nos maîtresses
Que ceux qui n'en n'ont pas s'en prennent.

Chorus :

Vive l'amour aimons toujours
Vive l'amour dès le matin
Les baisers dans les vigno-obles
Et l'amour dès le matin (bis)