lyrics Lou Miéu Àe (My Donkey) - Traditional song from County of Nice

D’argent à une aigle de gueules, au vol abaissé, membrée, becquée et couronnée d’or, empiétant une montagne de trois coupeaux de sable issant d’une mer d’azur mouvant de la pointe et ondée d’argent.


	Traditional music from County of Nice (France)


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Lou Miéu Àe
(My Donkey)
Nissart lyrics by Jouan Nicola. Traditional from County of Nice.

There is an non-expurgated version. See also Saucy songs.

1^st verse
Ai un àe, o bravi amigui, Escoutas-mi que lou vous digui, Despi qu’en faça li a ’na saumeta Maramau tira plus la caretta.		I’ve got a donkey, oh! nice friends, Listen to me as I tell you, Since across the street there is a she-ass Maramau pulls no more the cart.

Ai un àe, o bravi gèn, Escoutas-mi se voulès bèn, Despi qu’en faça li a ’na saumeta Maramau tira plus la caretta.		I’ve got a donkey, oh! nice people, Listen to me if you want, Since across the street there is a she-ass Maramau pulls no more the cart.
Chorus
Maramau li fa hi-a, hi-han, hi-han, hi-han. An bèn ploure lu còu de bastoun, Lou miéu àe, lou miéu àe, An bèn ploure lu còu de bastoun, Lou miéu àe n’es qu’un gros pelandroun.		Maramau makes it heehaw! heehaw! heehaw! heehaw! They can rain, the stick blows, My donkey, my donkey, They can rain, the stick blows, My donkey is only a great lazybones.
2^nd verse
Toui lu jour fa la matana. Coumensa embé li campana, Parla d’amour à la bella saumeta, Maramau fa solò de troumbeta.		Every day it makes scenes. It begins with the bells ⁽¹⁾, It speaks about love to the pretty she-ass, Maramau plays [a] trumpet solo.
3^rd verse
Per levà tant d’armounia Un bouon viei m’a di que cauria Lou purgà au bouioun de cebeta, Li coupà li siéu doui auriheta.		To take off such an harmony A good old man said me it would be necessary To purge it with an onion stock, To cut its two little ears.
Last chorus
Maramau noun li fa plus hi-han, hi-han, hi-han. Es plus brave qu’un pichin moutoun, Lou miéu àe, lou miéu àe, Es plus brave qu’un pichin moutoun, Despi qu’a bèugù lou bouioun !		Maramau makes it no more heehaw! heehaw! heehaw! It is nicer than a small sheep, My donkey, my donkey, It is nicer than a small sheep, Since it drank the bouillon!

1. The bells ringing the morning angelus, i.e. as soon as matins or dawn.

Bibliography
•	Delrieu (Georges), Anthologie de la chanson niçoise (Anthology of the Song from Nice), Nice, publisher Delrieu & C^o, 1960, p. 130-131.
•	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. 172-173.
•	revue Lou Sourgentin, Nice, n° 155, 2003, p. 15.

Discography
•	Collectage, Nissa vielha, réalisation Nux vomica.

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