Ce mois de Mai (Derrick Gerarde)

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• (Posted 2024-05-22)  CPDL #80746: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-05-22).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 71 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. Edition prepared from m.s. GB-Lbl Royal Appendices 31-35. French text modernized.

General Information

Title: Ce mois de Mai
Composer: Derrick Gerarde
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

French text (modernized) Ce mois de Mai, sur la rosée jouer irons pour cueillir vert; m'amie et moi sous la ramée, regardant la feuille à l'envers: puis elle craint le découvert des genoux, sentant la froidure: par moi si seront récouverts, mais je serai la couverture.

English translation So in this month of May, in the dew, we go to gather greenery; me and my g.f. under the boughs, studying the leafage from below: Then, feeling chilly, she's wary of her bared knees: They'll be hidden again by me, but I'll be the blanket. (Trans Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)