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Souon, souon  
(Sleep, sleep)
Traditional cradlesong from County of Nice.
This lullaby appears in the collection Chants d’Auvergne (Songs from Auvergne) by Joseph Canteloube.
| Ad libitum |
Souon, souon, vene, vene, vene,
Souon, souon, vene, vene, bouon.
Lou souon souon vòu pas venì,
Lou pichoun pòu pas durmì.
Souon, souon, vene, vene, vene.
Souon, souon, vene, vene, bouon (...) | | Sleep, sleep, come on, come on, come on,
Sleep, sleep, come on, come on, good.
Sleep doesn’t want to come,
The little child can’t sleep.
Sleep, sleep, come on, come on, come on.
Sleep, sleep, come on, come on, good (...) |
version sung in Levens: |
San souòn, vène, vène, vène,
San souòn, vène que sies bouon.
Lou san souòn noun vouol venir,
Lou pichoù noun vouol durmir.
San souòn, vène, vène, vène,
San souòn, vène que sies bouon (...) | | Healthy (1) sleep, come on, come on, come on,
Healthy sleep, come on, as you are good.
The healthy sleep doesn’t want to come,
The little child doesn’t want to sleep.
Healthy sleep, come on, come on, come on.
Healthy sleep, come on, as you are good (...) |
See also Som, som.
1. San: healthy, because refreshing sleep brings health.
| Bibliography | | • | Castellana (Georges), Dictionnaire niçois-français, Nice, 1952 ; rééd. Serre, 1977, p. 178. | | • | collectif, Ainsi vivaient les Levensans, cahier n° 9, association Levens d’un temp e de deman, avril 1999. | | • | Delrieu (Georges), Anthologie de la chanson niçoise (Anthology of the Song from Nice), Nice, publisher Delrieu & Co, 1960, p. 142. | | • | 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. 285. |
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