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La traverse miraculeuse (chansons anciennes de Nouvelle France)

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La traverse miraculeuse - Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer: Michel Bordeleau Michel Faubert André Marchand Jean-Claude Mirandette Normand Miron
La Nef: Sylvain bergeron, Lisa Ornstein, David Greenberg, Patrick Graham, Amanda Keesmat Pierre-Yves Martel, Seàn Dagher

C'est par le quinze de janvier
Un capitaine partit pour la Baie
Partirent quatre jeunesses
C'est pour y faire la traverse

La mer les ayant retardés
Le capitaine se mit à regarder
Croyant y voir un beau passage
Ils se mirent et en voyage

Au milieu de la traversée
Le chenal commence à se bloquer
Bloqué par un morceau de glace
Sans y laisser aucun passage

Le capitaine bien découragé
Il dit aux autres on va driver
Driver à la petite rivière
Sans savoir si on prendra terre

Mais le deuxième d'en avant
Dit: mon capitaine je suis fatigué
Mais promettons une grand'messe
Pour que la Sainte Vierge nous traverse

Il eut pas sitôt promis cela
Que le chenal se coupa
Par en avant par en arrière
C'était seulement la belle eau claire

Le composeur de cette chanson
C'est Etienne Bouchard vous le connaissez
Il a bien eu peur de perdre sa blonde
Mais il lui est resté dans le coeur une joie profonde
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In mid-January a captain set out with four young men to cross the Bay. When the seas delayed them, the captain began to look for a passage through the ice and, believing he had found one, on they went. Halfway across they got jammed. The captain was quite discouraged. "We'll drive through to the little river, "he said to the others, not knowing if they would strike land. But the second from the bow said: "Mon capitaine, I'm tired. Let's promise to have a big mass said, so that the Blessed Virgin will get us across."As soon as they made the promise, the channel cleared; ahead and behind there was nothing but clear water. This song was written by Étienne Bouchard, whom you know. He was really scared of losing his girlfriend, but his heart remained joyful.

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  • @MarchandDeBoeufs

    Premier douchebag...

  • Premier posteur !

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