En venant de Lyon (Jean Mouton)

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  • (Posted 2022-03-11)  CPDL #68335:       
Editor: Thomas Daughton (submitted 2022-03-11).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 66 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: En venant de Lyon
Composer: Jean Mouton
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularChanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1520 in Motetti novi et chanzoni franciose a quatro sopra doi (Antico), no. 1
    2nd published: 1528 in Chansons et Motetz en Canon à quatre parties (Attaingnant), no. 39
    3rd published: 1545 in Bicinia gallica, latina et germanica 2 (Georg Rhau), no. 117
Description: A four-voice chanson in the form of a stacked canon.

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Original text and translations

French.png French text

En venant de Lyon,
Trouvai en un buisson Robin et Marion.
Il lui levait son pélisson,
Mais je ne sais qu’ils font.
Robin a dit à Marion:
Voici bien gardé mouton!

English.png English translation

Returning from Lyon,
Beneath a bush I spied Robin and Marion.
I saw him lifting her chiffon,
But don’t know what was going on.
Then Robin said to Marion
Look what prize I’ve come upon!

Translation by Thomas Daughton
Dutch.png Dutch translation

Komend van Lyon,
Zag ik in de struiken Robin en Marion.
Hij tilde haar rokken op,
Maar wat ze deden weet ik niet.
Robin zei tegen Marion,
Dat is fijn schapen hoeden.

Translation by Frans Scheffers