Un jour Robin vint Margot empoigner (Clément Janequin)

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• (Posted 2024-09-02)  CPDL #81787: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-09-02).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 94 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. Modernized French text.

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Title: Un jour Robin vint Margot empoigner
Composer: Clément Janequin
Lyricist: Clément Marot
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1540 in Livre 8: 19 chansons a 4 (Attaingnant), no. 8
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Original text and translations

French text Un iour Robin vint margot empoingner et luy monstrant loustil de son ouvraige Et sans parler la voulut besoingner Mais Margot dist vous me feriez oultraige Il est trop gros & long a lavantaige Bien dist robin tout en vostre fendasse Ie ny mectray a doncques il embrassa Et seullement la moitye y transporte Ha dist margot en faisant la grimasse Boutez y tout aussy bien suis ie morte.

French text  modernized Un jour Robin vint Margot empoigner, Et lui monstrant l'outil de son ouvrage, Et sans parler la voulut besoigner. Mais Margot dit: "Vous me feriez outrage; Il est trop gros et long à l'avantage". "Bien", dit Robin, "tout en votre fendasse Je n'y mettrai", adoncques il embrassa, Et seulement la moitié y transporte. "Ha", dit Margot, en faisant la grimace, "Boutez y tout; aussi bien suis-je morte".

English translation So one day Robin comes to grope Margot, And he's shewing her the tool of his trade, And he's wishing to bonk her, with no small talk. But Margot says: "You'll do me an injury; Its too big and too long for comfort". "Fine", says Robin, "I'll not put it all in your crack", and then he hugs her, and offers up just half of it. So Margot pulls a face, and she's like: "Ha! Shove it all in; I'm as good as dead". (Trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)