Mon paire m'a mandat au bósc
Au bòsc c**hir l'oliva
Mon paire m'a mandat au bósc
Au bòsc c**hir l'oliva
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
Ai tant c**hit e reculhit
Que me siáu endormia
Ai tant dormit e redormit
Que la nuech m´a surpria.
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
Vén a passar gai chivalier
Lo bòsc vos passariau
Vén a passar gai chivalier
Lo bòsc vos passariau
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
Arrier, tirètz - vos chivalier
Prendiatz ma maladía
Arrier, tirètz - vos chivalier
Prendiatz ma maladía
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
Lèu siáu filha d'un ladrier
Nat dins la ladraría
Lèu siáu filha d'un ladrier
Nat dins la ladraría
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc
De t'aver vist bèu chivalier
Me castara la vida
De t'aver vist bèu chivalier
Me castara la vida
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
Mon paire m'a mandat au bósc
Au bòsc c**hir l'oliva
Mon paire m'a mandat au bósc
Au bòsc c**hir l'oliva
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
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English translation from Occitan
THE LEPER'S DAUGHTER
My father send me to the wood
To the wood to pick olives
My father send me to the wood
To the wood to pick olives
In the wood, pretty wood.
I gathered so many , so many I gathered
That I fell asleep
I gathered so many , so many I gathered
That I fell asleep
In the wood, pretty wood.
I slept so long, I slept so deep
That night fell upon me.
I slept so long, I slept so deep
That night fell upon me.
In the wood, pretty wood.
Along rode a merry Knight
"Let me help you cross the wood"
Along rode a merry Knight
"Let me help you cross the wood"
In the wood, pretty wood.
"Step back, pass you way merry Knight"
You would catch my disease
"Step back, pass you way merry Knight"
You would catch my disease
In the wood, pretty wood.
Leper's daughter I am
Born in the lazaret (lepers place or with lepers)
Leper's daughter I am
Born in the lazaret
In the wood, pretty wood.
Laying my eyes on you
Will cost me my life
Laying my eyes on you
Will cost me my life
In the wood, pretty wood.
Au bòsc c**hir l'oliva
Mon paire m'a mandat au bósc
Au bòsc c**hir l'oliva
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
Ai tant c**hit e reculhit
Que me siáu endormia
Ai tant dormit e redormit
Que la nuech m´a surpria.
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
Vén a passar gai chivalier
Lo bòsc vos passariau
Vén a passar gai chivalier
Lo bòsc vos passariau
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
Arrier, tirètz - vos chivalier
Prendiatz ma maladía
Arrier, tirètz - vos chivalier
Prendiatz ma maladía
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
Lèu siáu filha d'un ladrier
Nat dins la ladraría
Lèu siáu filha d'un ladrier
Nat dins la ladraría
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc
De t'aver vist bèu chivalier
Me castara la vida
De t'aver vist bèu chivalier
Me castara la vida
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
Mon paire m'a mandat au bósc
Au bòsc c**hir l'oliva
Mon paire m'a mandat au bósc
Au bòsc c**hir l'oliva
Dins lo bòsc, polit bòsc.
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English translation from Occitan
THE LEPER'S DAUGHTER
My father send me to the wood
To the wood to pick olives
My father send me to the wood
To the wood to pick olives
In the wood, pretty wood.
I gathered so many , so many I gathered
That I fell asleep
I gathered so many , so many I gathered
That I fell asleep
In the wood, pretty wood.
I slept so long, I slept so deep
That night fell upon me.
I slept so long, I slept so deep
That night fell upon me.
In the wood, pretty wood.
Along rode a merry Knight
"Let me help you cross the wood"
Along rode a merry Knight
"Let me help you cross the wood"
In the wood, pretty wood.
"Step back, pass you way merry Knight"
You would catch my disease
"Step back, pass you way merry Knight"
You would catch my disease
In the wood, pretty wood.
Leper's daughter I am
Born in the lazaret (lepers place or with lepers)
Leper's daughter I am
Born in the lazaret
In the wood, pretty wood.
Laying my eyes on you
Will cost me my life
Laying my eyes on you
Will cost me my life
In the wood, pretty wood.