Noel
Su l'ar, "Ma mere mariez-moi"
Words and Music: Bernard de la Monnoye (1641-1728)
MIDI / Noteworthy Composer / PDF
Source: William Sandys, Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (London: Richard Beckley, 1833)
Also found in William Sandys, Christmas-tide, Its History, Festivities and Carols, With Their Music (London: John Russell Smith, 1852), pp. 279-80, citing Noei Bourgignon.
1. Guillô, pran ton tamborin;
Toi, pran tai fleúte, Rôbin!
Au son de cé instruman,
Turelurelu, patapatapan,
Au son de cé instruman
Je diron Noei gaiman
2. C’ étó lai môde autrefoi
De loüé le Roi dé Roi,
Au son de cés instruman,
Turelurelu, patapatapan,
Au son de cés instruman,
Ai nos an fau faire autan.
3. Ce jor le Diale at ai cu
Randons an graice ai Jesu
Au son de cés instruman,
Turelurelu, patapatapan,
Au son de cés instruman,
Fezon lai nique ai Satan.
4. L’homme et Dei son pu d’aicor
Que lai fleúte & le tambor.
Au son de cés instruman,
Turelurelu, patapatapan,
Au son de cés instruman,
Chanton, danson, sautons-an.
Sandys' Note (1833):
From Noei Borguignon.
English Translations:
Pat A Pan – Version 1 (Translator Unknown)
Pat A Pan – Version 2 (Translator Unknown)
Pat A Pan – Version 3 (Translation by Keyte and Parrott, editors of The New Oxford Book of Carols, copyright 1992)
Pat A Pan - Version 4 (Willie Take Your Little Drum, From John Brush's 1988 The Children's Book of Carols)
Pat A Pan - Version 5 (Translation by Percy Dearmer)
Hob & Cobin, Yule Is Come (George R. Woodward)
Willie, Take Your Little Drum (Janet E. Tobitt)
