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J'ai Vu Le Loup

from A Celebration of Twenty by IONA

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J'ai Vu Le Loup (I Saw the Wolf)/An Dros/Laridé French/Breton trad
We confess to including a medieval (14th Century) French chanson from the Beaune area, but it fit in so well with these traditional dances of the Pays Vannetais (S.E. Brittany), that we couldn't resist. We follow the song with an An Dro in the Kan ha Diskan fashion (literally Song & Unsong) and part of a Laridé à Six Temps. The reprise of the song is sung against another variation of the An Dro, carried by the flute. The words - I saw the wolf, the fox & the hare 1)Getting drunk, and I shouted back at them 2)I heard them sing, and I grimaced at them 3)I saw them dance, and I myself turned them around - prove that no nation has a corner on the market for silly drinking songs. Barbara -
Remastered from "Nutmeg & Ginger" (IONA - 1996)

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J’Ai Vu Le Loup (I Saw the Wolf)
J’ai vû le loup, le r’nard, le lièvre
J’ai vû le loup, le r’nard, cheuler.
C’est moi-même qui les ai r’beuillés

J’ai ouï le loup, le r’nard, le lièvre
J’ai ouï le loup, le r’nard chanter.
C’est moi-même qui les ai r’chignés

J’ai vû le loup, le r’nard, le lièvre
J’ai vû le loup, le r’nard, danser.
C’est moi-même qui les ai r’virés
I saw the wolf, the fox, the hare,
I saw the wolf, the fox getting drunk.
And I myself bellowed back at them.

Translation:
I heard the wolf, the fox, the hare,
I heard the wolf, the fox sing
And I myself scowled back at them.

I saw the wolf, the fox, the hare,
I saw the wolf, the fox getting drunk.
And I myself spun them around.

credits

from A Celebration of Twenty, released May 15, 2006
Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhrán)
Bernard Argent (flute, whistle, doumbek)
Diana McFadden (bouzouki, mandolin)

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IONA has been taking its unique brand of traditional Celtic music to festivals, arts centers, schools & house concerts all over North America and Europe since 1986, blending music from the various Celtic traditions with stories and a little humor - Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, doumbek), Chuck Lawhorn (bass), Jim Queen (fiddle, banjo) & Kathleen Larrick (dance). ... more

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