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Thread #169238   Message #4109659
Posted By: GUEST
11-Jun-21 - 06:01 AM
Thread Name: Discovering world legacy of shanties by 'Shogun'
Subject: RE: Discovering world legacy of shanties by 'Shogun'
096 - Hourra, Mes Boués, Hourra!



Two french "Hourra" shanty gives us Stan Hugill, this one "Hourra, Mes Boues, Hurra!", can be found in several french collections, Hayet, Bernard Roy, etc..., but Stan Hugill seems to favored Captain Hayet, and decided to give credit of saving this fantastic shanty from oblivion. Jean Loro, one of the friends of Stan Hugill teaches him to sing the second refrain often sung as: "Hourra, mes boues, hourra!". This is a hauling shanty (chanson a hisser).
In comparing to the original text from Captain Hayet "Chansons De Bord"(1934), Stan Hugill gives nine verses instead of the original eleven, also the melody is a little bit different, but keeps the same dynamics of course. Due to the involvement of Jean Loro, I decided to reconstruct Stan Hugill's melody and version, to keep the uniqueness of the song which seems to be known from the personal experience of Stan Hugill.
"Shanties from the Seven Seas" by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 137).


Hourra, Mes Boués, Hourra!


Derrière chez nous y'a un petit bois
   - HourRA, mes boues, hourRA!
Cueillis deux fraises, en mangis trois
   - TRA la, la la, la la LA, la la!

                  *2*
Avec une fillett' de quinze ans.
Sa mere arrive au meme instant,

                  *3*
Que faites-vous a mon enfant?
J'suis en train d' lui compter les dents.

                  *4*
Il lui en manqu' une sur le d'vant
Il lui en manqu' une sur le d'vant

                  *5*
Que je lui pose bellement.
Que je lui pose bellement

                  *6*
Il m'en manqu'une egalement!
Il m'en manqu'une egalement!

                  *7*
Donnez-moi z'en, marin galant.
Donnez-moi z'en, marin galant

                  *8*
J'les pose qu'a cells de quinze ans.
J'les pose qu'a cells de quinze ans

                  *9*
Le vieilles pour le commandant!
Le vieilles pour le commandant!