MS2008-3090-064 Maman
Dublin Core
Title
MS2008-3090-064 Maman
Subject
Description
Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3090-064 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 1 of 4. Pp. 89 - 90.
Source
VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3090 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 1 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_au2008-3090
Format
Language
eng
Type
Identifier
vfc2008-3090_ms2008-3090-048
vfc2008-3090_ms2008-3090-049
vfc2008-3090_ms2008-3090-049
Song Item Type Metadata
Supplied Title
Maman
First Line
Quand on a quitté notre foyer
Scribe
Transcription
-1-
Quand on a quitté notre foyer
Après avoir été trop choyé
On manque notre mère
La vie nous semble amère
C’est pourquoi je répète sans cesse
Refrain
Maman je pense à toi toujours
Maman tu es mon seul amour
Oui je manque tes caresses
Tes mots de tendresse
Qui faisaient toujours mon bonheur
Maman éloignée du foyer
Jamais je n’oublirai
Toutes les belles prières
Les contes et les histoires
Que j’appris sur tes genoux
Chère maman
-2-
Quand je reviendrai dans mon foyer
J’espère ne jamais oublier
Les leçons que l’absence
A graver dans mon cœur
Me feront chanter avec ardeur
Translation
- 1 -
When we leave home
After having been too well loved
We miss our mother
Life seems bitter
That’s why I repeat unceasingly
Refrain:
Mommy, I think always of you
Mommy, you are my only love
I miss your caresses
Your tender words
That always made me happy
Mommy, away from home
I will never forget
All your beautiful prayers
The tales and stories
I learned on your knees
Dear mother
- 2 -
When I’ve come back home
I hope never to forget
The lessons that absence
Has carved in my heart
Will make me sing ardently
When we leave home
After having been too well loved
We miss our mother
Life seems bitter
That’s why I repeat unceasingly
Refrain:
Mommy, I think always of you
Mommy, you are my only love
I miss your caresses
Your tender words
That always made me happy
Mommy, away from home
I will never forget
All your beautiful prayers
The tales and stories
I learned on your knees
Dear mother
- 2 -
When I’ve come back home
I hope never to forget
The lessons that absence
Has carved in my heart
Will make me sing ardently
Citation
“MS2008-3090-064 Maman,” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed May 23, 2025, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/97.
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