MS2008-3091-007 Aujourd’hui tes noces
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Title
MS2008-3091-007 Aujourd’hui tes noces
Subject
Description
Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3091-007 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 2 of 4. Pp. 10 - 11.
Source
VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3091 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 2 of 4. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Rights
Copyright (c) Vermont Folklife Center
Relation
Complete Manuscript: vfc1998-0007_au2008-3091
Format
Language
fra
Type
Identifier
vfc2008-3090_ms2008-3091-007
Song Item Type Metadata
Supplied Title
Aujourd’hui tes noces
First Line
Aujourd’hui tes noces
Scribe
Transcription
-1-
Aujourd’hui tes noces
Demain tu t’en ira Nicola
Tout seul avec ta femme
Chez-vous tu resteras Nicola
Refrain
Trinque trinque toujours du bon vin
Bon, bon,bon toujours de la boisson
-2-
Si tu prends une femme pauvre
D’ la misère t’en aura Nicola
-3-
Si tu prends une femme riche
Tu t’en orgueilleras Nicola
-4-
Si tu prends une femme orgueilleuse
Elle te retrancheras Nicola
-5-
Si tu prends une belle femme
Jaloux tu en seras Nicola
-6-
Si tu prends une femme laide
Tu la haïra Nicola
-7-
Tu auras des enfants
Et tu les nourriras Nicola
-8-
Et seras-tu bien aise
Qui t’appelle papa
Translation
No. 7: “Today your wedding”
Verse 1: Today, your wedding
Tomorrow, you’re leaving Nicolas
Alone with your wife
You’ll stay home, Nicolas
Refrain: Drink, drink always good wine
Good good good always a drink
Verse 2: If you take a poor wife
Misery you’ll have Nicolas
Verse 3: If you take a rich wife
You’re be -- of it Nicolas
Verse 4: If you take a proud wife
She’ll cut you off Nicolas
Verse 5: If you take a beautiful wife
You’ll be jealous Nicolas
Verse 6: If you take an ugly wife
You’ll hate her Nicolas
Verse 7: You’ll have children
And you’ll feed them Nicolas
And you’ll be really happy
When they call you Papa
Verse 1: Today, your wedding
Tomorrow, you’re leaving Nicolas
Alone with your wife
You’ll stay home, Nicolas
Refrain: Drink, drink always good wine
Good good good always a drink
Verse 2: If you take a poor wife
Misery you’ll have Nicolas
Verse 3: If you take a rich wife
You’re be -- of it Nicolas
Verse 4: If you take a proud wife
She’ll cut you off Nicolas
Verse 5: If you take a beautiful wife
You’ll be jealous Nicolas
Verse 6: If you take an ugly wife
You’ll hate her Nicolas
Verse 7: You’ll have children
And you’ll feed them Nicolas
And you’ll be really happy
When they call you Papa
Citation
“MS2008-3091-007 Aujourd’hui tes noces,” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/121.
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