Un jour au bois (Anonymous)

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• (Posted 2025-09-13)  CPDL #86787: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2025-09-13).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 82 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition is offered at original pitch for SATT or transposed down a fourth for ATTB. French text modernized.

General Information

Title: Un jour au bois
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SATT or ATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1556 in Jardin musical livre second (Waelrant & Laet), no. 23
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Original text and translations

French text Ung iour au bois soubz la ramee Jay trouve mon amy seullet Au quel ie dis sans demouree Faictes moy le joli hochet Bien dit il faisons le dehet Un petit coup sur la rousee He mon amy quil est doulcet Faictes tousiours je suis pasmee.

French text (modernized) Un jour au bois sous la ramée J'ai trouvé mon ami seulet; Au quel je dis sans demourée: "Faites-moi le joli hochet". "Bien", dit il, "faisons le dehet, Un petit coup sur la rosée". "He mon ami, qu'il est doucet! Faites toujours, je suis paumée".

English translation So one day, beneath the canopy of the wood, I'm finding my b.f. on his tod; straight up I'm saying to him: "Give me a good rattling". He's like: "O.K., let's have a romp, a quickie in the dew". "Yeah, my b.f, that's nice! Keep going, I've lost it". (trans Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes}}