Les Charbonniers de L'Enfer- Chantons la Chanson

Old Quebecois song about unrequited love. Girl wants a boy, mom wants her to go to the nunnery. You can imagine how this ends. Translated lyrics:

Let's sing the song of the girls
The young girls who are to be wed,
As I was passing through a town I heard say, I heard say,
"My mother, I must absolutely have a lover."

"Be quiet, silly thing, you're not even 15 yet.
A young girl of your age must be wise, and stay wise,
until the age of 20 without a lover."

"At age 20 if I am dead, I will not need a lover.
It's while we are young that we must take advantage of it,
It's while we are young that we must be wed."

"Here, my dear, here are 100 piastres [coins] to take you to the convent."
"But, dear mother, with that sum, I'd buy myself a lover,
My heart would be much happier there than in a convent."

"Here, my dear, is the road, that will lead you to the convent."
"And here, mother, is mine, which will lead me there and back,
In the arms of my lover who awaits me."

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Music

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• Quebec
• Quebecois
• Chants
• Traditionnel
• Convent
• Love
• Charbonniers de L'enfer
• Charbonniers
• Traditional
• Quebequer
• Canadian
• New France
• France
• French
• Fiddle
• A Capella

[btswanfury]

@LoveAwesomes Je suis moitie Americain, moitie Francais de la metropole. Mais au moins on fait du progres!

[Julienmsimard]

Tiens ma fille voici cent piastres

Pour te rentrer au couvent. Piastre is dollar

[bigchamp67]

J'adore cette complainte ! Comme dans le temps de mes Grands-Parents ! : )

[deathgrinds]

@Julienmsimard tiens ma fille, voici 100 piastres pour te rentré au coup vent ;)

[LoveAwesomes]

ses joyeux de voir des anglais aimer de la musique quebecoise

[Mujangga]

@Julienmsimard

No, he says: "Voici cent piastres". Which means: "Here, here's a hundred bucks."

[fifthworld]

@Sgrubz666

You freedom fry -- just kidding , but please don't be such a snobbu douche

[terre51]

Je confirme il disent `` Voici 100 piastre `` j'ai trouver les parole sut le Net

[ANTOONMAKA]

ben les fonds secrets du Varivan (relire Gide!!)

[frantzous]

Merci mon ami!!!