Ung jour que madame dormoit (Pierre Certon)

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General Information

Title: Ung jour que madame dormoit
Composer: Pierre Certon
Lyricist: Mellin de Saint-Gelais

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SATB or ATTB
Genre: SecularChanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1541 in Livre 10: 28 chansons a 4 (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 1
    2nd published: 1962 in Das Chorwerk, no. 82.07
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Original text and translations

French.png French text

Ung jour que madame dormoit,
Monsieur branloit sa chamberiere.
Et elle qui la dance aymait,
Remuoit fort bien le derriere,
Enfin la garse toute fiere,
Luy dict : Monsieur, par vostre foy,
Qui le faict mieulx, madame, ou moy ?
Toy, dist il, ou je soy mauldict.
Saint Jehan, dist elle, je le croy,
Car tout le monde le me dict.

English.png English translation

One day when Madame was snoozing
The Master was jigging the chambermaid.
She, finding the dance amusing,
Shook her rear end so fiercely the house swayed,
Afterward, the wench, her pride well displayed,
To him said: Master, truthful be,
Who does it best, Madame or me?
Why you, said he, or I’m a prat
Saint John, I believe it, cried she,
Because all the men tell me that.

Translation by Thomas Daughton