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lyrics
Celles qui vont au bois, c’est la mère et la fille
La mère va chantant et la fille soupire :
Qu’avez-vous à soupirer, ma fille Marguerite ?
− J’ai bien grand ire en moi, et n’ose vous le dire :
Je suis fille le jour et la nuit blanche biche.
La chasse est après moi, les barons et les princes,
Et mon frère Renaud qui est encore bien pire.
Allez, ma mère, aller bien promptement lui dire
Qu’il arrête ses chiens jusqu’à demain midi.
− Ou sont tes chiens, Renaud, et ta chasse gentille ?
− Ils sont dedans le bois à courre blanche biche.
− Arrête−les, Renaud, arrête, je t’en prie !"
Trois fois les a cornés, O son cornet de cuivre ;
A la troisième fois, la blanche biche est prise :
"Mandons le dépouilleur, qu’il dépouille la biche."
Celui qui la dépouille dit : "Je ne sais qui dire :
Elle a les cheveux blonds et le sein d’une fille."
A tiré son couteau, en quartier l’a mise.
En ont fait un dîner au baron et aux princes :
"Nous voici tous illec, faut ma soeur Marguerite.
− Vous n’avez qu’à manger, suis la première assise :
Ma tête est dans le plat et mon coeur aux chevilles,
Mon sang est répandu par toute la cuisine,
Et sur vos noirs charbons, mes pauvres os grillent."
Beyond the setting sun, walked the mother and her daughter
The mother sang alone while the daughter sighed deeply.
Why do you sigh, my sweet Marguerite?
I have a great curse on me, and I don’t dare tell you:
I am a girl by day, and by night, the white deer.
The hunt is after me, the barons and the princes,
And my brother Renaud who is the worst of all.
Go, mother, go quickly and tell him
That he must stop his dogs until tomorrow morning.
− Where are your dogs, Renaud, and the noble hunt?
− They went to the forest to chase the white deer
− Call them back, Renaud, stop them, I beg you!
Three times he blew his copper horn
And on the third time, the white deer was caught.
“Let us call the skinner to skin the deer.”
The skinner said: “I don’t know what to say:
She has the golden hair and skin of a girl!”
He drew his knife and cut her in quarters.
And sat down to dinner with the barons and princes.
“We are all here, except my sister Marguerite.”
− You only have to eat, starting with the first course:
My head is in the dish, and my heart on the butcher’s block, my blood is spattered throughout the kitchen,
And on your black coals, my poor bones are grilling.
credits
from Amour Cruel,
released September 14, 2017
Emi Ferguson - vocals and flutes
Jordan Dodson - classical guitar
Paul Holmes Morton - theorbo
Doug Balliett - baroque bass, electric bass, and viola da gamba
Samuel Budish - percussion
Music written and arranged by Emi Ferguson
Produced by Emi Ferguson and Patrick McMinn
Edited and Mixed by Emi Ferguson and Patrick McMinn
Recorded at The Bunker Studio by Todd Carder and James Krivchenia and at Staplechest Audio by Chris Botta
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge, assisted by Chris Allgood
Studio Assistant Percussion Producer Greg LaRosa
Assistant produced by Nicholas Csicsko
Emi Ferguson is a singer, flute player, composer, and producer who refuses to accept that musical genres be isolated. Trained at Juilliard, Emi now teaches there in addition to performing her music and the classics worldwide.
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