Je ne suis pas si sot (Jacques Arcadelt)

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Four-voice arrangement (1551)

• (Posted 2015-05-01)  CPDL #35259:        (Finale 2008)

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2015-05-01).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Five-voice arrangement (1569)

• (Posted 2010-10-11)  CPDL #22438:        (Finale 2008)

Editor: Joachim Kelecom (submitted 2010-10-11).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 85 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Je ne suis pas si sot
Composer: Jacques Arcadelt

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1551 in Livre 9: XXVII chansons nouvelles (Nicolas Du Chemin), no. 5
    2nd published: 1569 in Sixièsme livre de chansons (Le Roy & Ballard), Edition 2, no. 19
Description: The 1551 first print is for SATB, the 1569 reprint adds a secundus tenor, making it SATTB. The source for this fifth part is unknown.

Original text and translations

French text Original text Je ne suys pas si sot berger Si vous tenois à mon coucher Que ne vous fisses despouiller Cott’et chemise Et puis mon flageolet Auriez à vostre guise. Modern French Je ne suis pas si sot berger, Si vous tenais à mon coucher Que ne vous fasse dépouiller Robe et chemise Et puis mon flageolet Auriez à votre guise.

English translation Prose A simpleton shepherd far from it Dearest, if I were to hold you And lay you down by my side I’ll strip you bare Of your skirt and of your shirt My flute I will play to your heart’s content.

English translation Verse I am not such a dumb galoot, If off to bed we plan to scoot, That I won’t find your birthday suit ‘Neath your chemise. And then my trusty flute You may play as you please. Translation by Thomas Daughton