Une puce j'ai dedans l'oreille (Claude Le Jeune)
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General Information
Title: Une puce j'ai dedans l'oreille
Composer: Claude Le Jeune
Lyricist: Jean Antoine de Baïf
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1583 in Vingtquatrieme livre d’airs et chansons (Le Roy & Ballard), no. 7
Description: The saying, “avoir la puce en l’oreille” (to have a flea in one’s ear), recurs frequently in 15th-century French poetry. In its basic connotation it refers to a state of disquiet or discomfort, but in the 13th or 14th century the saying acquired a sexual connotation signifying a state of extreme anxiety and torment brought on by love, in other words, sexual desire or arousal.
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Original text and translations
French text Une puce j’ai dedans l’oreille, hélas |
English translation I have got a flea stuck in my ear, alas!
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