lyrics Lou Mariage de la fourmiga (The Wedding of the Ant) - 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 Mariage de la fourmiga ⁽¹⁾
(The Wedding of the Ant)

Nissart lyrics by Joseph Passeron, music by François Mattei and Joseph Passeron. Traditional from County of Nice.

1^st verse
« O bella fourmigueta, Que cerques dins lou prat ? — Cerqui pas de viouleta, Mi vouoli maridà. »		“O! Beautifull and small ant, What are you looking for in the meadow? — I don’t look for violets, I want to marry me.”
Chorus
O pichina fourmiga, Despache-ti ! Au bla creisse l’espiga, Maride-ti !		O! Small ant, Hurry up! At wheat ⁽²⁾ grows the ear, Let marry yourself!
2^nd verse
« Parpaioun, bèu coumpaire, Mi vouòli maridà ! — De tu, pouòdi ren faire, Sabes mancou voulà.		“Butterfly, pretty fellow, I want to marry me! — Of you, I can’t do nothing, You just don’t know how to fly.
3^rd verse
— Limaçoun de la vigna, Mi vouòli maridà ! — Per iéu, siès tròu maligna, Vai-t’en ti proumenà.		— Snail of the vine, I want to marry me! — For me, you are too much cunning, Let go and walk.
4^th verse
— Dins la tiéu maiouneta, Espouse-mi, tavan ! — Per iéu, siès tròu maigreta, Veiren au Jou de l’an. »		— In you small house, Marry me, cockchafer! — For me, you are too much skinny, We will see for New Year.”
5^th verse
Aupres de la limaça La bella va plourà. Ma la sesoun si passa, Noun si mariderà.		Near the slug The belle goes and weep. But the season passes, It will not marry.
6^th verse
La pàura fourmigueta, D’espous n’a pas trouvat. Si farà mounigueta, L’amour li passerà.		The poor small ant, Husband it didn’t found. It will go for nun, Love will pass.
7^th verse
La bella fourmigueta, D’espous n’en vòu pas. Si trova ben souleta, Si vòu pas maridà.		The beautifull small ant, Husband it don’t want. It feels comfortable alone, It doesn’t want to marry itself.
Last chorus
O pichina fourmiga, Fai toun camin ! Laissa au bla l’espiga, Fai toun camin.		O! Small ant, Go your way! Leave wheat the ear, Go your way.

1. Georges Castellana, Dictionnaire niçois-français, gives fourniga.
2. Bla, or gran, seed (of wheat).

Bibliography
•	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. 161.

Discography
•	La Belugada, Cants de Provensa e dòu païs Nissart, volume 2.

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