Au joli bois, sur la verdure (Joannes Zacheus)

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• (Posted 2023-04-03)  CPDL #73320: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-04-03).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 164 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF downloa. This edition is offered at original pitch for SAT or transposed down a fifth for ATB. Modernized French underlay.

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Title: Au joli bois, sur la verdure
Composer: Joannes Zacheus
Lyricist: Anon
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicings: SAT or ATB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1569 in Recueil des fleurs second livre (Pierre Phalèse), no. 16
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Original text and translations

French text Au ioli bois sur la verdure De mon ami ie fus troussée D'en avoir regrets ie n'ay cure De lui suis bien recompensée Car pour abatre la rousée En me faisant le joli sobre fault Il est gaillard point ne suis abusée Quand le bon vin point ne lui fault

French text (modernised) Au joli bois, sur la verdure De mon ami je fus troussée. D'en avoir regrets je n'ai cure: De lui suis bien recompensée ; Car pour abattre la rosée, En me faisant le joli soubresaut, Il est gaillard, point ne suis abusée, Quand le bon vin point ne lui faut.

English translation On the green sward in the picturesque wood I was tumbled by my b.f. Regrets? Too few to mention: I am well pleased with him; 'Cause, when flattening the dew, And me going great shakes, He was a right toy-boy (unless I'm very much mistaken!) And didn't need Dutch courage. (trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)