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Laissa-la courre  
(Let her run)
Traditional song from Peille, County of Nice.
Song of the conscripts from Peille.
| 1st verse |
Moun pair’ emé ma maire
M’avion toujou proumès
Ma que mi maridavi, (twice)
Moun pair’ emé ma maire
M’avion toujou proumès
Ma que mi maridavi
Manca la fin dòu mès. | | My father and my mother
Always promised me
That I will get married, (twice)
My father and my mother
Always promised me
That I will get married
Before the end of the month. |
Chorus |
Laissa-la courre, (twice)
Laissa-li faire soun camin.
Laissa-la courre, (twice)
Laissa-li faire soun camin. | | Let her run, (twice)
Let her make her way.
Let her run, (twice)
Let her make her way. |
2nd verse |
La fin dòu mès n’en passa,
Degun noun di plu rèn
E touti si maridon, (twice)
La fin dòu mès n’en passa,
Degun noun di plu rèn
E touti si maridon
E ièu n’en sabi rèn. | | End of the month pass,
Nobody says nothing more
And all [of the young girls] get married, (twice)
End of the month pass,
Nobody says nothing more
And all [of the young girls] get married
And me, I don’t know any more. |
| Bibliography | | • | Delrieu (Georges), Anthologie de la chanson niçoise (Anthology of the Song from Nice), Nice, publisher Delrieu & Co, 1960, p. 258. | | • | 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. 145. |
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