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Je n'Ouvre Pas Ma Porte

from Nutmeg & Ginger by IONA

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Je n'Ouvre Pas Ma Porte(I Won't Open My Door)/Péh trouz zou ar en doar (What Noise On Earth) (Breton) 2:59

We precede this Breton carol with an air from the Lié district of the Côte d'Armor, which just seems to want to go with it. Nolwenn Monjarret, an outstanding Breton chanteuse, helped us with the pronunciation and translation of the words of this lovely carol, which tells of the joyful singing in Heaven and Earth on the night of the first Christmas. Our sprightly interpretation the second time around is a departure from the more stately Breton approach, and suggests that the tune might originally have been a dance.

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Péh trouz zou ar en doar (What Noise On Earth)
Péh trouz zou ar en doar
Péh kan a gleúan me
Na kaeret er boehieú e za lein eun né
Eled, lavaret d’emb eit petra e kannet?
Peneú éted ar zé e zou arriú er bed?

Arnet eúe genemb kannet pobl ag en doar?
Ewan de laret d’ho eun né úèted hemb par
Eur mabig beniget roué a Jerusalem
E zo gannet eit-ho ér gér a vethléem

[Translation by Nolwenn Monjarret:
What noise on earth?
who is singing for me and who I am hearing
how much I like these voices who sing in the skies
and what do they say in their song?
what is new that happened on earth?

we hear the people sing on earth
I come to tell you that in the sky there is something beyond compare
a small child blessed, king of Jerusalem
and who was born for them (the people) in the town of Bethlehem]

© 1996 Barnaby Productions Inc.

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from Nutmeg & Ginger, released October 1, 1996
Bernard - flute; Diana - Cello, cittern; Barbara - Vocals, guitar

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IONA Washington, D.C.

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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