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V'la le Bon Vent

from A Celebration of Twenty by IONA

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Laridenn/V'la le bon vent (It’s a good wind)/Lexie McAskill
- Breton/Québécois/Scottish trad
A Breton dance tune leads to a popular Québécois song accompanied by Barbara on bottine souriante (traditional foot rhythm), and culminates in a wild Scottish reel. The song, reputed to have been sung notably by lumberjacks, is of Breton origin. It describes how the naughty son of the king shoots a white duck on the pond belonging to the narrator, and was probably a children’s song based on political satire. We interweave the tunes to demonstrate their similarity: it’s what we do best! Chuck still wonders why his 5/4 bass line never quite matches up

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V'LA L'BON VENT

Chorus:
V'la l'bon vent, v'la l'joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, mon amie m'appelle
V'la l'bon vent, v'la l'joli vent
V'la bon vent mon amie m'attend

Derrière chez nous y a t-un étang. [Repeat]
Trois beaux canards s'en vont baignant
Chorus

Trois beaux canards s'en vont baignant. [Repeat]
Le fils du roi s'en va chassant.
Chorus

Le fils du roi s'en va chassant [Repeat]
Avec son grand fusil d'argent.
Chorus

Avec son grand fusil d'argent, [Repeat]
Visa le noir tua le blanc
Chorus

Visa le noir tua le blanc. [Repeat]
O fils du roi tu es méchant!
Chorus

O fils du roi tu es méchant [Repeat]
D'avoir tué mon canard blanc.
Chorus
© 2003 Barnaby Productions Inc.

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from A Celebration of Twenty, released May 15, 2006
Barbara Tresidder Ryan (lead vocals, Celtic bouzouki)
Bernard Argent (wooden flute, vocals, cibasa)
Chuck Lawhorn (bass guitar)
Andrew Dodds (fiddle)

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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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