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Ma bruneta (My brunette) Traditional song from L’Escarène, County of Nice.
1st verse |
Damoun en Pissandrous Qu’estaurien ben ’tai dous, Ma bruneta, ma bruneta, Estaurièu ben ’tai dous Damoun en Pissandrous. | | Up there in Pissandrous (1) How we would be well the two of us, My brunette, my brunette, We would be well the two of us Up there in Pissandrous |
2nd verse |
Amou lu tièu bas blanc, N’attiron lu galan, Ma bruneta, ma bruneta, N’attiron lu galan, Amou lu tièu bas blanc | | I like your white stockings, They attract the gallants, My brunette, my brunette, They attract the gallants, I like your white stockings. |
3rd verse |
Amou lou tièu faudièu Que tapa cenqu’es tièu, Ma bruneta, ma bruneta, Que tapa cenqu’es tièu, Amou lou tièu faudièu. | | I like your apron Which hides what is yours, My brunette, my brunette, Which hides what is yours, I like your apron. |
4th verse |
Amou lou tièu courset N’en tapa lu tété, Ma bruneta, ma bruneta, N’en tapa lu tété, Amou lou tièu courset | | I like your corset Which hides your breasts, My brunette, my brunette, Which hides your breasts, I like your corset. |
1. In the land of dandelions.
Bibliography | • | Delrieu (Georges), Anthologie de la chanson niçoise (Anthology of the Song from Nice), Nice, publisher Delrieu & Co, 1960, p. 46. | • | 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. 156. |
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