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Posted By: Monique
12-Jun-23 - 02:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Mudcat singaround songs NOT in English
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mudcat singaround songs NOT in English
La femme du Président (French sea shanty)

1. C'est dans la ville de Bordeaux
Qu'est arrivé trois beaux vaisseaux,
Les matelots, qui sont dedans,
Ce sont, ma foi, de bons enfants

Refrain :
Il est temps de prendre un ris
Le vent va souffler cette nuit !

2. Y a une dame dans Bordeaux
Qui est amoureuse d'un matelot,
"Ma servante, va me chercher
Un matelot pour m'assurer !"

3. "Beau matelot, mon bel ami,
Madame m'envoie vous accueillir,
Montez en haut, c'est au premier,
Collation vous y ferez".

4. "Madame que me voulez donc
Moi qui suis matelot tout du long ?"
"Monsieur entrez dans mon salon
La collation nous y ferons !"

5. La collation a duré
Trois jours, trois nuits sans décesser,
Mais au bout de trois jours passés,
Le matelot s'est ennuyé.

6. Le matelot s'est ennuyé,
Par la fenêtre a regardé :
"Madame, donnez-moi congé,
Il fait beau temps, j' veux m'en aller".

7. "Beau matelot, si tu t'en vas,
Bien mal de moi tu parleras,
Tiens voilà cent écus comptés,
Sera pour boire à ma santé."

8. Le matelot en s'en allant
Fit la rencontre du Président :
"Beau président je suis content,
J'ai eu ta femme et ton argent".

9. "Beau matelot, mon bel ami,
Répète-moi ce que t'as dit."
"Monsieur, je dis qu'il fait beau temps
Pour aller sur la mer voguant".

10. Le matelot, dans son vaisseau,
S' mit à chanter des airs nouveaux :
"Vive les dames de Bordeaux
Qui payent à boire aux matelots !"
The President's Wife

1. It's in the city of Bordeaux
That three fine ships arrived,
The sailors, who are inside,
They are, my faith, easy-going young men.

Chorus
It's time to reef the sail
The wind is going to blow tonight!

2. There is a lady in Bordeaux
Who is in love with a sailor,
"My servant, fetch me
A sailor to belay me!"

3. "Handsome/fine sailor, my handsome friend,
Madam sends me to welcome you,
Go upstairs, it's on the first story,
A light meal you will have there".

4. "Madam, what do you want from me
Me who am a sailor all along?"
"Sir come into my living room
The afternoon tea we will have there!"

5. The afternoon tea lasted
Three days, three nights without ceasing,
But after three days,
The sailor got bored.

6. The sailor got bored,
Looked out the window,
"Madam, give me my leave,
The weather is good, I want to go".

7. "Handsome/fine sailor, if you go away,
Very badly of me you will speak,
Here are a counted hundred crowns,
It will be to drink to my health."

8. The sailor on leaving
Met the President:
"Fine president, I'm happy,
I got your wife and your money."

9. "Handsome sailor, my fine friend,
Repeat what you said."
"Sir, I say it's a fine weather
To go sailing on the sea ".

10. The sailor on his ship
Began to sing new tunes:
"Long live the ladies of Bordeaux
Who pay drinks to the sailors !"
This song was collected in Chansons nationales et populaires de France by Dumersan.
The comment before the song reads (translated) The memory of this song has been preserved by a clown from the Boulevard du Temple, named Rousseau, who paraded in front of the door of the Malaga high-rope dancer's show, around 1800, before the famous Bobèche. It is one of those songs of sailors which are sung at seaports, and which lack neither gaiety nor originality.

Version "located" in Saint-Malo
Another set of lyrics recorded by La Bricole on a different tune.
Another set of lyrics sung by Les Marins d'Iroise
Another set of lyrics sung by the group Nordet
This song is also known in Canada. Here is a version sung by the Quebec band Serre l'Écoute.

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