Or vien ça, vien, m'amie (Clément Janequin)

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• (Posted 2020-10-25)  CPDL #61025: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2020-10-25).   Score information: A4, 14 pages, 52 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. Edition offered at published pitch for SATB or transposed down a fourth for ATTB. Modern French underlay.

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Title: Or vien ça, vien, m'amie
Composer: Clément Janequin
Lyricist: Anon, probably the composer^{create page}

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SATB or ATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1533 in Chansons musicales a quatre parties (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 4
    2nd published: 1536 in Tiers livre contenant XXI chansons à quatre esleves de plusieurs livres (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 1
    3rd published: 1540 in Le Parangon des chansons, livre 7 (Jacques Moderne), no. 6
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Original text and translations

French text Or vien ça vien m'amie Perrette, or vien ça vien ici jouer. Ton cul servira de trompette et ton devant fera la fête si te plaît de nous le louer. De ce je n'en veux mie, et en tour de ma vie Ie n'y voulu penser. Ta musette godinette nous fera danser sur l'herbette frisqu'et nette puis recommancer. Nous dirons une chansonette et sur la plaisante brunette Nos deux corps irons éprouver. J'en ai si grand envie qu'a peu que ne dévie Plus ne m'y faut penser. Mignonette, joliette veux tu t'avancer En chambrette bien secrette le jeu commancer?

English translation O come out Perrette, mate, come out to play. Your bum'll be a trumpet, your front'll add to the fun, if you'd care to lend it to us. I don't want to daydream about this all the rest of my life. Your smallpipes will make us dance on the dense, neat lawn, then start again. We'll sing a little song and on the sweet earth we'll put our two bodies through their paces. I am very keen not to drift, so let's cut to the chase. Petal, pretty one, will you come up to that most private room, to get the ball rolling? (trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)