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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.
1st 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. |
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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. |
2nd 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. |
3rd 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 & Co, 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. |
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