LA FILLE SOLDAT (French) La jeune demoiselle a perdu son amant N'est-ce pas bien dommage dès l'âge de quinze ans ? Elle s'en va l'attendre à l'ombre de ces bois Mais elle a beau attendre son amant ne vient pas Rossignolet sauvage rossignolet charmant Apprends-moi des nouvelles de mon très cher amant Oh ton amant la belle il est bien loin d'ici À vingt-cinq jours de marche y a bien de quoi marcher Habille-toi la belle habille-toi en guerrier Tu marcheras sans doute trente-six jours entiers Quand la belle fut en Prusse aperçoit son amant Qui faisait l'exercice au beau milieu du rang Si j'avais su, la belle, que tu m'aurais connu, J'aurais passé en Flandre, jamais tu n' m'aurais vu. Que je suis malheureuse d'avoir fait tant de pas Pour un amant volage qui n' me regarde pas ! Ah dis-moi donc la belle qui t'a envoyée ici ? Apprends-moi des nouvelles des garçons du pays Les garçons du village ils sont tous mariés Il y a que toi volage qui m'ait abandonnée. Te chagrine pas la belle nous nous marierons Dans un pays de France ou dans le Piémont, Te chagrine pas la belle nous nous marierons Dans un pays de France ou dans le Piémont.

THE MAIDEN SOLDIER The young lady has lost her sweetheart Isn't that a pity at the age of fifteen? She goes to wait for him in the shade of these woods But no matter how much she waits, her sweetheart doesn't come "Wild nightingale, charming nightingale Tell me news about my dearest sweetheart " "Oh your sweetheart, beauty, he is far away from here At a twenty-five day walk, it's a long walk Dress up, beauty, dress up as a warrior You will probably walk thirty-six whole days" When the beauty was in Prussia, she sees her sweetheart Who was doing the exercise in the middle of the row. "If I had known, beauty, that you would have known me, I would have gone to Flanders, you'd never have seen me." "How unhappy I am to have walked so many steps For a flighty sweetheart who doesn't care for me!" "Ah, tell me, beauty, who sent you here? Bring me news from the boys from home." The boys from home are all married There's only you, fickle one, who abandoned me." "Don't worry, beauty, we'll get married In a region of France or in Piedmont Don't worry, beauty, we'll get married In a region of France or in Piedmont."

These lyrics originated in Savoy (Cf. Chansons populaires, recueillies dans les Alpes françaises (Savoie et Dauphiné) by Julien Tiersot, 1903 (1st version).
Malicorne retained the lyrics but the 4th verse and not the tune. They used the tune to Réveillez-vous, Picards, "an old Picard warrior song, currently the regional anthem of Picardy, and marching song of the 1st Infantry Regiment. It comes from the tune sung by Picard soldiers and mercenaries under the Burgundian States before 1479 and their attachment to the crown of France. The lyrics express their loyalty to Charles the Bold. According to Gaston Paris, this song was probably authored by a Picard in the service of Maximilian I." (French Wikipedia)

Recording by Malicorne

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