Au joli bois je m'en vais (Charles Tessier)

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  • (Posted 2004-11-28)  CPDL #08552:      (Finale 2002)
Editor: Paul R. Marchesano (submitted 2004-11-28).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 136 kB   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: Au joli bois je m'en vais
Composer: Charles Tessier

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularChanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1597 in Le premier livre de chansons et airs de court, no. 11
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Original text and translations

French.png French text

Au joli bois je m’en vais.
Mon père et ma mère ont leur foi juré
Que dans six semaines mariée serai
À un vieux bonhomme que je tromperai.
Droit en Cornouailles je l’envoyerai.

English.png English translation

To the lovely wood I go.
My father and mother have sworn in faith
That in six weeks I will be married.
To an old man, who I will deceive.
Straight to Cornwall (pun on cuckoldom) I will send [him].