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Li Troubaires de Coumboscuro e Fabrizio De André: Mis amour [Bèla calha]

GLI EXTRA DELLE CCG / AWS EXTRAS / LES EXTRAS DES CCG
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Bela calha 2
LOVELY QUAIL

In my father's garden
There are so many pine trees,
In my father's garden
There are so many pine trees,
So many pine trees,
My true sweetheart!
So many pine trees.

All the singing birds
Make there their nests,
All the singing birds
Make there their nests,
Make there their nest,
My true sweetheart!
Make there their nests.

Save the lovely quail
And the partridge,
Save the lovely quail
And the partridge,
And the partridge,
My true sweetheart!
And the partridge.

Tell me! Quail, lovely quail,
Where's your nest?
Tell me! Quail, lovely, quail,
Where's your nest?
Where's your nest?
My true sweetheart!
Where's your nest?

It's not high on the mountains,
It's in the plain,
It's not high on the mountains,
It's in the plain,
It's in the plain,
My true sweetheart!
It's in the plain.

Tell me! Quail, lovely quail,
What's inside there?
Tell me! Quail, lovely quail,
What's inside there?
What's inside there?
My true sweetheart!
What's inside there?

There are four maidens,
Five if you count me,
There are four maidens,
Five if you count me,
Five if you count me,
My true sweetheart!
Five if you count me.

One goes for water,
The other for wine,
One goes for water,
The other for wine,
The other for wine,
My true sweetheart!
The other for wine.

One sings a lullaby
To make us sleep well,
One sings a lullaby
To make us sleep well,
To make us sleep well,
My true sweetheart!
To make us sleep well.

There's a meadow there
In those plains,
There's a meadow there
In those plains,
In those plains,
My true sweetheart!
In those plains.

Quails and partridges
Go there to pick up,
Quails and partridges
Go there to pick up,
There to pick up,
My true sweetheart!
There to pick up.

I took my crossbow,
Went a-hunting there,
I took my crossbow,
Went a-hunting there,
A-hunting there,
My true sweetheart!
A-hunting there.

I shot at four of them,
I missed them all,
I shot at four of them,
I missed them all,
I missed them all,
My true sweetheart!
I missed them all.

I shot at my true sweetheart,
I wounded her,
I shot at my true sweetheart,
I wounded her,
I wounded her,
My true sweetheart!
I wounded her.

Alas! My poor true sweetheart,
Did I make your harm?
Alas! My poor true sweetheart,
Did I make you harm?
Did I make you harm?
My true sweetheart!
Did I make you harm?

You did, not much indeed,
I'll die anyway,
You did, not much indeed,
I'll die anyway,
I'll die anyway,
My true sweetheart!
I'll die anyway.

A man who slew his sweetheart
Shall not stay here,
A man who slew his sweetheart
Shall not stay here,
Shall not stay here,
My true sweetheart!
Shall not stay here.

He shall go to war
To serve the King,
He shall go to war
To serve the King,
To serve the King,
My true sweetheart!
To serve the King.

If I pass through the town
I will be hanged,
If I pass through the town
I will be hanged,
I will be hanged,
My true sweetheart!
I will be hanged.

If I swim through the Rhône
I will be drowned,
If I swim through the Rhône
I will be drowned,
I will be drowned,
My true sweetheart!
I will be drowned.

Just swimming through the Rhône
I heard the death knell,
Just swimming through the Rhône
I heard the death knell,
I heard the death knell
My true sweetheart!
I heard the death knell

Ringing for my poor sweetheart
Whom I had slain,
Ringing for my poor sweetheart
Whom I had slain,
Whom I had slain
My true sweetheart!
Whom I had slain.
Au jardin de mon paire
li a tant bèu pin
au jardin de mon paire
li a tant bèu pin
li a tant bèu pin
meis amors
li a tant bèu pin.

Toei leis aucèus que cantan
li fan soun nis
toei leis aucèus que cantan
lu fan soun nis
lu fan soun nis
meis amors
lu fan soun nis

Ai! calha bèla calha
que li a dedins ?
Ai! calha bèla calha
que li a dedins ?
Que li a dedins
meis amors
que li a dedins ?

Li a quatre demaiselas
e ieu fai cinc
li a quatre demaiselas
e ieu fai cinc
e ieu fai cinc
meis amors
e ieu fai cinc

Prene mon aubarèstra
li vau tirar
prene mon aubarèstra
li vau tirar
li vau tirar
meis amors
li vau tirar

Ai tirat sus ma mia
li ai blessad'
ai tirat sus ma mia
li ai blessad'
li ai blessad'
mis amors
li ai blessad'

Se passe dins la vila
me penjaràn
se passe dins la vila
me penjaràn
me penjaràn
meis amors
me penjaràn

Se passe dins lo Ròse
me negaràn
se passe dins lo Ròse
me negaràn
me negaràn
meis amors
me negaràn.


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