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A Utel’ ia trenta filha (In the village of Utelle, there are thirty girls) Traditional song from Utelle, County of Nice.
1st verse |
A Utel’ ia trenta filha Que si pouorton jalousia. Acò n’es una maladia E que douna da pensà ! Si vouolon maridà (twice). | | In the village of Utelle, there are thirty girls Who bear themselves jealousy. That’s a disease Which makes you think! They want to get married (twice). |
Chorus |
E vautras, filhas, troun de diau, (twice) Sabès que lou mariage vous douna da pensà ? | | And all of you, girls, thunder of the devil, (twice) Dou you know that marriage makes you think? |
2nd verse |
La filhet’ a de judici, Lou jouinom’ ès plèn de vici, E l’amour es un caprici Qu’en un jour pòu passà, Ma cadun vau tastà (twice). | | The little girl has common sense, The young man is full of vice, And love is a fancy Which can pass in one day, But everyone wants to taste (twice). |
Bibliography | • | Delrieu (Georges), Anthologie de la chanson niçoise (Anthology of the Song from Nice), Nice, publisher Delrieu & Co, 1960, p. 126. | • | Tosan (Albert), Princivalle (Gaël) and d’Hulster (Frédéric), Anthologie de la chanson du comté de Nice (Anthology of the Song from County of Nice), Nice, Serre publisher, series “Encyclopædia niciensis – Patrimoine régional”, volume III, 2001, p. 28. |
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