Bing bang bang je m’en vais rouler (MS2011-3223-056)

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Title

Bing bang bang je m’en vais rouler (MS2011-3223-056)

Description

Song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223-056 Alice Danis Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 60.

“Bing bang, bang, je m’en vais rouler” (“Bing, Bang, Bang, I’m Going to Roll Along”): this is a transcription of the traditional French song more often known in Quebec as “Trois cavaliers fort bien montés.” Printed versions for this song do not seem to pre-date the 1830s, but the text and form of the song, as well as its wide circulation, suggest that it may well be much older. The song has been widely catalogued in Quebec, as well as in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Maine.

Abstract

While returning from the baker’s, along the road I met one man on horseback and another on foot; the one on foot asked me: where will we sleep? In the usual house, two big, pretty girls by our sides; you have lied, frank horseman; you are going to sleep in the chicken house with two big turkeys by your sides.

Source

VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223 Alice Danis Lacourse Songbook. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.

Song Item Type Metadata

Supplied Title

Bing bang bang je m’en vais rouler

Standard Title

Bing, bang, bang, je m’en vais rouler

Standard Title Reference

Trois cavaliers fort bien montés I, P-1
Les cavaliers fort bien montés 703

Tranlsated Title

Bing, Bang, Bang, I’m Going to Roll Along

First Line

Bing bang bang je m’en vais rouler

Transcription

Bing bang bang je m’en vais rouler
En filant ma quenouille

Hier au soir j’ai ete dance bing band 2 fous je m’en vais rouler
Dans mon chemin j’ai rencontre je me roule ou le 2 fois
Bing bang bang je m’en vais rouler en filant ma Quenouille
Un home a chechal et l’autre a pied
Celui a pied m’a demande ou irons-nous ce son coucher
A la maison d’acoutume
Deux belles grosses filles a nos cote
Tu as menti frank cavalier
A les fraises et les framboises du bon vin j’en ai bu
Croyez-moi belle villageoise
Jamais j’me suis tant plus

Tu couchera dans le ponlailler
Et des gros dindes a tes cote

Citation

“Bing bang bang je m’en vais rouler (MS2011-3223-056),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed April 29, 2025, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/822.

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