Voici venir la neige (AU1998-1073-014)
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Title
Voici venir la neige (AU1998-1073-014)
Subject
Description
Excerpt from interview of Alberta Gagné (TC1998-1073-014) by Martha Pellerin. Part of a project (VFC1998-0007) on Franco-American song in New England funded by the Vermont Folklife Center and undertaken by Pellerin. Interview is one in a series of six conducted between 1995-01-09 and 1995-12-06 as an effort to document the French language song repertoire of Gagné.
“Voici venir la neige” (”Here comes the snow“) is a mystery song. To date, no printed or recorded versions of it have surfaced either in France or Quebec. Sentimental songs about birds were a staple of popular French song in the latter 18th and 20th centuries.
“Voici venir la neige” (”Here comes the snow“) is a mystery song. To date, no printed or recorded versions of it have surfaced either in France or Quebec. Sentimental songs about birds were a staple of popular French song in the latter 18th and 20th centuries.
Abstract
The snow is arriving with its white crystals; If the heavens protect you, poor little birds, gentle Providence will guard your nests during your absence; Leave, poor little ones; And when the frozen snow departs, if heaven protects you, you will joyfully return.
Source
VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. TC1998-1073 interview with Alberta Gagné. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Date
Rights
Copyright (c) Vermont Folklife Center
Relation
Full Interview: vfc1998-0005_tc1998-1073
Language
fra
Identifier
vfc1998-0007_tc1998-1073-001b-005
Song Item Type Metadata
Supplied Title
Voici venir la neige (first line)
Standard Title
[unknown]
First Line
Voici venir la neige, avec ses blancs cristeaux
Transcription
AG: J'en sais une chanson à propos des oiseaux.
(BEGIN SINGING)
Voici venir la neige, avec ses blancs cristaux,
Si le ciel vous protège, pauvres petits oiseaux,
[Refrain] :
Ô, fuyez la neige, aimables oiseaux. [repeat]
La douce Providence règnera sur vos nids,
Le temps de votre absence, partez, pauvres petits.
Refrain
Et quand les froids de neige auront quitté ces lieux,
Si le ciel vous protège vous reviendrez joyeux.
Refrain
Quand fuira la neige aimables oiseaux,
Quand fuira la neige revenez joyeux.
(END SINGING)
Translation
Refrain (verses 1 and 2):
Oh, flee the snow, sweet birds!
Refrain (verse 3):
When the snow flees, sweet birds,
When the snow flees, joyfully return.
two-line verses; three verses; two refrains
Oh, flee the snow, sweet birds!
Refrain (verse 3):
When the snow flees, sweet birds,
When the snow flees, joyfully return.
two-line verses; three verses; two refrains
Interviewer
Location
Original Format
sound cassette (analog)
Files
Citation
“Voici venir la neige (AU1998-1073-014),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed December 28, 2024, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/329.
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