Ludowa kanadyjska piosenki

À la claire fontaine M'en allant promener, J'ai trouvé l'eau si belle Que je m'y suis baigné. Refrain: Lui y a longtemps que je t'aime, Jamais je ne t'oublierai. J'ai trouvé l'eau si belle Que je m'y suis baigné; Sous les feuilles d'un chêne Je me suis fait...

By the clear running fountain I strayed one summer day. The water looked so cooling I bathed without delay. Refrain: Many long years have I loved you, Ever in my heart you'll stay. Beneath an oak tree shady I dried myself that day When from the topmost branc...

|: Ah! si mon moine voulait danser! :| |: Un capuchon je lui donnerais. :| Refrain: Danse, mon moin', danse! Tu n'entends pas la danse, Tu n'entends pas mon moulin, lon la Tu n'entends pas mon moulin marcher. |: Ah! si mon moine voulait danser! :| |: Un cein...

1. |: M'en revenant de la jolie Rochelle, :| J'ai rencontré trois jolies demoiselles. Refrain: |: C'est l'aviron qui nous mène, qui nous mène, C'est l'aviron qui nous mène en haut. :| 2. |: J'ai rencontré trois jolies demoiselles; :| J'ai point choisi, mais...

It was early Monday morning, and the day be calm and fine, To the Harbour Grace excursion, with the boys to have a time; And just before the sailor pulled the gangway from the pier, I saw some fella haul me wife aboard, as a volunteer. Chorus: O Me, O My, I...

[Chorus:] Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea-bound coast, Let your mountains dark and dreary be. For when I am far away on the briny ocean tossed, Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me? The sun was setting in the west, The birds were singing on every tree...

So now I'm intending to sing you a song, About the poor people how they get along. They start in the spring and they work till the fall, And when they clew up they've nothing at all, And it's hard, hard times. Poor fishermen, we been out all the day. Come hom...

I's the b'y that builds the boat, And I's the b'y that sails her, I's the b'y that catches the fish, And takes then home to 'lizer. [Chorus:] Swing your partner, Sally Tibbo, Swing your partner, Sally Brown, Fogo, Twillingate, Morton's Harbour, All around the...

'Twas twenty-five or thirty years since Jack first saw the light, He came into this world of woe one dark and stormy night; He was born on board his father's ship as she was lying to, 'Bout twenty-five of thirty miles southeast of Baccalieu. R: Oh, Jack was e...

It was in the town of Liverpool, all in the month of May, I overheard a damsel, alone as she did stray, She did appear like Venus or some sweet, lovely star, As she walked toward the beach, lamenting for her jolly, roving Tar. "Oh, William, gallant William, h...

Lots of fish in Bonavist' Harbour Lots of fish right in around here Boys and girls are fishin' together Forty-five from Carbonear. [Chorus:] Oh... catch ahold this one, catch ahold that one Swing around this one, dance around she Catch ahold this one, catch a...

Timothy Murphy kept the pledge For nearly fourteen year, But Christmas Eve he felt so bad, He got out on the beer; Oh, he came home like a roaring lion Filled up with rum and gin, For he's like a Bengal tiger When he gets a mouthful in. There's not a porch fo...

Chorus: 'Deed I is in love with you Up all night in the foggy dew 'Deed I is in love with you Mussels in the corner Ask a bayman for a smoke He will say my pipe is broke Ask a bayman for a chew He will bite it off for you (chorus) Dirty shirts and dirty ti...

One foggy night, In Saint John town; The General Smyth, Set her anchor down; And to the shore, Came a raucous band; Who pulled up their skiff, On the Harbour sand. R: And Since that Day, We'll roam the Bay, Until we find the Navy Island Gold! A man named Bon...

She'd never been there before She'd never been there before A young man asked her recently To come and sit upon his knee He tickled her in the ribs And he filled her with delight She'd never been there before But now she goes there every night Me sister Sue w...

There is an ancient party at the other end of town, He keeps a little grocery store and the ancient's name is Brown; He has a lovely daughter, such a treat I never saw, Oh, I only hope someday to be the old man's son-in-law. Old Brown sells from off the shelf...

There’s a noble fleet of whalers a-sailing from Dundee, Manned by British sailors to take them o’er the sea. On a western ocean passage we started on the trip. We flew along just like a song in our gallant whaling ship. ‘Twas the second Sunday morning, just a...

From this valley they say you are going. We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile, For they say you are taking the sunshine That has brightened our pathway a while. So come sit by my side if you love me. Do not hasten to bid me adieu. Just remember the R...

Derriere chez ma tante, il y a un étang (bis) Je me ferais anguille, anguille dans l’étang (bis) Si tu te fais anguille, anguille dans l’étang (bis) Je me ferais pêcheur pour t’avoir en pêchant (bis) Si tu te fais pêcheur pour m avoir en pêchant (bis) J...

She got up the steam twelfth day of March and shortly did embark. To try her fortune in the Gulf in charge of Captain Clark. She carried a hundred and seventy men, a strong and vigorous race, Some from St. John's and Brigus, and some more from Harbour Grace....