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Thread #168153   Message #4062190
Posted By: Monique
30-Jun-20 - 01:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Mary Anne Went to the Mill (French)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mary Anne Went to the Mill (French)
There are some versions from here to there, including one in Lemosin Occitan.

Here is an Occitan version of it as sung by Maria Roanet (Marie Rouanet in Fr.) in the early 70's -it's the one I knew and never considered it a children's song.
La bèla Marion se'n va al molin
Amb sa tuqueta plena de vin
A chaval sus son ase
La don don don
A chaval sus son ase
La bèla Marion.

Quand lo molinièr la vegèt venir
"Bèla Marion, veni aicí
Passaràs la primièira
La don don don
Passaràs la primièira
La bèla Marion.

Lo molinièr se metèt a la careçar
O molinièr laissa me'n anar
Lo lop m'escana l'ase
La don don don
Lo lop m'escana l'ase
La bèla Marion.

O bèla Marion, laissa-lo l'escanar
Ai cent escuts per te donar
Ne compraràs un autre
La don don don
Ne compraràs un autre
La bèla Marion.

Quand son paire la vegèt venir
Ma filha qué menas aquí?
Aquò n'es pas nòstre ase
La don don don
Aquò n'es pas nòstre ase
La bèla Marion.

O mon paire que sètz vos camèl
Totes los ases càmbian de pèl
Aital a fach lo nòstre
La don don don
Aital a fach lo nòstre
La bèla Marion.
The beautiful Marion goes to the mill
With her gourd full of wine
A-riding her donkey
La don don don
A-riding her donkey
The beautiful Marion.

When the miller saw her coming
"Beautiful Marion, come here
You'll go first
La don don don
You'll go first."
The beautiful Marion.

The miller started to caress her
"Oh, miller, let me go
The wolf is strangling my donkey
La don don don
The wolf is strangling my donkey."
The beautiful Marion.

"Oh, beautiful Marion, let it strangle him
I have a hundred crowns to give you
You'll buy another one
La don don don
You'll buy another one."
The beautiful Marion.

When her father saw her coming
"Daughter, what do you bring here?
This is not our donkey
La don don don
This is not our donkey."
The beautiful Marion.

"Oh father, what a fool you are
All donkeys change their skin
Thus did ours
La don don don
Thus did ours."
The beautiful Marion.
Here is a more recent rendition with a different tune.
Quand la Marion se'n va al molin
Pren sa conolha fiala de lin
A caval sus son ase
La pinga pinga pon
A caval sus son ase
La bèla Marion.

Lo molinièr la vei venir
De rire se pòt pas tenir
"Estaca aquí ton ase!
La pinga pinga pon
"Estaca aquí ton ase!"
La bèla Marion.

Del temps que lo molin moliá
Lo molinièr la caressiá
Lo lop li manjèt l'ase
La pinga pinga pon
Lo lop li manjèt l'ase
La bèla Marion.

"N'ai cinc escuts dins mon borset
Pren te ne dos daissa ne tres
Cromparàs un autre ase.
La pinga pinga pon
Cromparàs un autre ase."
La bèla Marion.

Quand son paire la vei venir
De plorar se pòt pas tenir
"Aquò's pas lo nòstre ase.
La pinga pinga pon
Aquò's pas lo nòstre ase.
La bèla Marion.

Lo nòstre aviá los pès blancs
Dos de darrièr dos de davant
E las aurelhas negras
La pinga pinga pon
E las aurelhas negras.
La bèla Marion.

- O mon paire que sètz camèl
Totas las bèstias càmbian de pèl
Aital a fach nòstre ase."
La pinga pinga pon
Aital a fach nòstre ase."
La bèla Marion.
When Marion goes to the mill
She takes her distaff, she spins flax
A-riding her donkey
La pinga pinga pon
A-riding her donkey
The beautiful Marion.

The miller sees her coming
He can't refrain from laughing
"Tie your donkey here
La pinga pinga pon
Tie your donkey here!"
The beautiful Marion.

While the mill was grinding
The miller was caressing her
The wolf ate her donkey
La pinga pinga pon
The wolf ate her donkey
The beautiful Marion.

"I have five crowns in my little purse
Take two for you, leave three
You'll buy another donkey
La pinga pinga pon
You'll buy another donkey."
The beautiful Marion.

When her father sees her coming
He can't refrain from crying
"This is not our donkey
La pinga pinga pon
This is not our donkey."
The beautiful Marion

"Ours had white feet
Two at the back, two at the front
And black ears
La pinga pinga pon
And black ears."
The beautiful Marion

"Oh, father, what a fool you are
All the animals change their skin
Thus did our donkey
La pinga pinga pon
Thus did our donkey."
The beautiful Marion.