Garçon de village (Jacobus Clemens non Papa)

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• (Posted 2025-08-06)  CPDL #86245: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2025-08-06).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 73 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition prepared from partbooks formerly in the possession of the Lumley family at Arundel, and offered at original pitch for SATB or transposed down a fourth for ATTB. French text modernized.

General Information

Title: Garçon de village
Composer: Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SATB or ATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1554 in Premier livre des chansons a quatre parties (Pierre Phalèse), no. 15
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Original text and translations

French text Original text Garchon de villaige qui se vouloit marier mais il n'entend pas lusaige las comment il fault aimer Si iavoye de largent a grande somme ie men iroye iouer avecque ma mignonne     pour apprendre a chanter, mais il nentend pas lusaige las comment il fault aymer.

French text (modernized) Garçon de village, qui se voulait marier, mais il n'entend pas l'usage las, comment il faut aimer. "Si j'avais de l'argent à grande somme, je m'en irais jouer avecque ma mignonne, pour apprendre à chanter. Mais il n'entend pas l'usage las, comment il faut aimer.

English translation o this youth in the village desires to be married but sadly, he doesn't know the customs he must follow in wooing. "If I'd got loadsamoney I'd go and play with my cutie, to learn how to croon. Sadly, he doesn't know the customs he must follow in wooing. (trans Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)