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Dear Leonore
04:00
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In the morning I arise
In the rose o’the day
To the chateau of my love
For with her to lay
Are you asleep, and dreaming too? Dear Leonore
If you’re asleep, awake forsooth ’Tis I, your love who calls for you
So the damsel doth awake
And dons her lily robe
And thereupon throws wide the door For he who loves her so
She casts herself into his arms
To softly tell
At last it’s you my cherished one The one who my heart loves so well
Be still and hold my sweet love You'll make me wilt away
The regiment calls to me
And I must obey
I’m yet engaged for six more years In Orleans
For six more years I’m off to war Oh fare thee well my dear Leonore
Six years my dear, six more years Is far too long a time
With which to suffer such torment To worry and to pine
I’ll miss you true out in the fields Fore'er in tears
Regret and tears forevermore
For the one who my heart loves so dear
Many are the good old boys
In this good old town
Surely they’ll make love to you While I’m not around
They'll tell you so from time to time Oh don't you cry
Oh don't you cry for your old love For he by now has surely died
All the boys of the town
They know not what to do
The lyrics are always the same And always the same tune
It’s not like that, with you my love Oh, not with you
For every time that you return There is always something new
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2. |
Farewell to Childhood
03:34
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I made vow when I was young
To be wed to not a one
But now I see and I’ve found a way To leave my home and fly away Adieu to my childish ways Farewell, I’s leaving you today
This band of gold I carry near Wrapped around my finger dear ’Twas my true love who it to me gave For with me to spend our days Goodbye to my childish ways
Fare thee well, I’s leaving today
Oh! here we are around the table My parents and my family Every time now them do I see From my eyes do flow the tears Adieu to my childish ways
Fare thee well, I’s leaving today
Goodbye ma, goodbye pa
Fare thee well my parents sweet
I leave you now in regret and pain Yet I’ll be back to see you again Farewell to my childish ways Goodbye, I’s leaving you today
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3. |
Happiness of Marriage
03:40
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When I used to hang around the town I’d go wherever girls went
That would often take me down around By the sacred convent
There I saw a girl so pretty
Dark brown eyes shining at me Cheeks of rose and hair of ebony She was only eighteen.
One night by the light of the full moon We took a walk together
Down the lovely path of greenery
And down a path so tender
I won’t say she was immodest Certainly she was a chaudasse
There we lay beneath an old oak tree That’s when I made a promise
And today that very girl’s my wife
My heart is even fonder
I love her with the wholeness of my life With a love profonde
Oh the happiness of marriage
We have got all that we could want
But the youngest of our children all Have hair of golden blonde
All you younger girls who live in town Don’t rush out too quickly
before you go ahead and settle down Wait until you’re twenty.
That’s the age that all young fillies Appreciate more definitely
The happiness of having family The peace and the tranquility
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Tell me Then
04:02
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Tell me then what are you thinking You, who don’t think much of me It is I who is always clinging
To every word that you say to me
I can see well I’ve been abandoned You don’t love me like you used to do So you want then to see my heart break Night and day for the love of you
So you want then to see my heart break Night and day for the love of you
I, who love you more than myself,
I would fain give to you my life
Yet cannot bear to feel the heartbreak To see you go with another wife
(refrain)
Fare thee well then, dear heart, adieu For I now must abandon you
You have chosen to take another Don’t forget what I gave to you
(refrain)
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5. |
I Woke Myself
04:08
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I woke myself
More morning than the moon My girl to see
The one I loved so dear
Since the age of fourteen years
When I arrive
Three quick little taps - - -
Open the door
If you do love me true
’Tis your lover who has come to you
How can you say
That I should come to you
I am unwell
Lying in my bed
Will I live or will I die I cannot tell
Darling you must go
Bring the doctor from London Make haste, make haste!
Let us tarry not
And perhaps it is not too late
The doctor comes
The girl has not yet passed
But she withdraws
Her pallid hand from her death bed To say farewell to her dear friend
Dearest one if you love me
You would light for me a candle
And you’d stay
The night here close to me
Since my heart’s only desire is for you
Oh don’t you cry
Dearest one you know there are
So many girls
There are blondes and there are brunettes And the daughter of the president
I’m sure that would be best
If I but had a proper shirt
To be married in
Then I’m sure I would say yes To the daughter of the president
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6. |
One Winter's Night
04:09
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One winter’s night by the light of the moon
I had a vision of an angel blonde
And through the snow a child without fortune She was dressed as though a vagabond
Her eyes of blue betrayed her sorrow From hunger she was near the grave I brought her in to my humble hollow Her life I knew that I must save
refrain:
In seeing that young girl so pretty and so sweet
Oh will you be my world I asked her tenderly
Be mine forevermore, there’s so much goodness knows Yes we will surely wed in the blooming of the roses
She was so young and she was just an orphan Alas she had nowhere else for to go
Her beauty was unmatched among the angels I couldn’t help myself but love her so
Her hair of gold, her youth and beauty Her blue eyes were both mild and brave Her simple poise and gentle manner Her life I knew that I must save
She told me of her 18 years of pain
I am too young for you to marry me
Just stay with me I told her, Madeleine, Because my love then you will surely see Oh yes oh yes, it’s you dear I adore you With all my heart for you I have pined I’ll ask you once, and many more
Ah, tell me yes, to ease my mind
The girl at last consented to my offer
And six months later, I became her man
I loved her for she was so wise and proper I loved her so much I was nearly mad Too much bliss is doomed to cruelty
Our happiness did not last long
She passed away in her first labor
My pain eternally in song
At last when spring returns, and nature comes to life I remember wistfully the kisses of my wife
And looking at the child, and watching as she grows Reminds me of the time of the blooming of the roses
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‘Twas in the town of St. Charles That I did find my girl
‘Twas in the town of St. Charles That’s where I found my girl
I approached her carefully To ask her if I may
Have her heart forevermore If it she would give away
The pretty girl was still so young She had to answer “no”
She could marry not a one
For her parents had told her so You are right, of course my dear You are still young and fair
And you still have time to spare Take your time and take good care
I have a journey now to make Far away from here
Promise me my love to take, And I’ll marry you then my dear At last when I return
And come back here to you To the house of my dear love And that of my best friend too
It’s today, the day we wed
Sixty years have passed
Since I found a beauty rare
I knew that our love would last You were right, of course my dear You are still young and fair
And you still have time to spare Take your time, and take good care
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8. |
The Abandoned Lover
04:18
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I was left without that love of mine Abandoned and alone for quite some time Just to be with the others in his regiment Off to the war my lover went away
He left me here to wait in abandonment Waiting alone for to count the days
It came to be that after time was spent
I took myself away to the convent
Off to a home for poor orphan souls Reconciled to spend my life languishing Such suffering is all in the telling
I would never see my lover again
Five or six or seven months had past
When my dear love returned at last
Straight to the home of my father
Out of respect to ask for his consent
“Good day my father, where is your daughter? The one who doth make my heart content?”
The gallant soldier hastened like the wind To the door of the convent
There he asked the mother superior
Oh to speak, for one moment
Oh let me please mother superior
Speak to the one who makes my heart content
Three times over said the beau young lad “Ma chère belle, give to me your hand This gold ring I give to you, my lover This is to show you my eternal faith Never oh never will I love another
So may you never forget this day”
Just as the ring of gold had caught my eye My dear lover suddenly died
Into the arms of his swooning lass
Sad for to see my lover come to pass
One last embrace, even after death So I may I know your tenderness
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9. |
Soldier's Farewell
03:14
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I‘m not too poorly at my ease When that pretty girl is close to me From time to time I would see her Saying darling give a kiss to me
How now, you want for me to kiss you
With what everybody has to say
I knew that you were going to leave me
To serve the king they said you had to go away
All those who said that to you belle They all have told you truthfully My horse is waiting in the stable Bit and saddle ready set to go
When you are out there on the border Out there in the land across the sea You’ll surely kiss the Acadiennes 100 times more beautiful than me
I’m going make of you a portrait Reflecting your prettiness in paint I’ll keep it safe here in my waistband 100 times a day I will kiss your face
Then what, when all your comrades ask you Oh such a pretty face to see
I’ll tell them that it is my lady
The only one I love, the only one for me
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Little Aurore
04:11
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There was once in some part of the world A young girl who so loved the good Lord And despite all her suffering great
To the heavens she held her gaze
Her belle-mère, a wretched beldame Made the girl endure torment and harm Petite Aurore, petite martyr
She never had a true mother dear
Their house it would pass for home
It would seem happy all of the time
The belle-mère would pass for a grand-dame One would never suspect such a crime
She would torture the poor little girl
With a red hot iron, the fiend.
Petite Aurore, petite martyr
She never had a true mother dear
Not until the child was on her last breath
In great pain, nearly starving to death
The marâtre would be there, but to scold With some bread only dressed with lye soap “If you dare to refuse” said the beast
“I will kill you without another thought” Petite Aurore, petite martyr
She never had a true mother dear
After months of affliction and woe
Her true mother appeared to her one morn And she told that salvation anon
Would take her to the sky forevermore Gracious God knew that when she died She would search with the angels and find Petite Aurore, petite martyr
Would finally find her true mother dear
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11. |
Would You Love Me
03:05
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When the bird begins A song to sing
Oh let it ring
To begin the day (bis)
Goodness supreme has come to me I’ll say I love you would you love me Would you, would you
If I say I love you would you love me
When the shadow is seen Upon the green
And the rocks do breathe Along the bay (bis)
(refrain)
Along the shore And upon the moor The ancient lore
It seems to say (bis)
(refrain)
When you sleep
In roses deep
A thousand dreams Will come your way
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12. |
Twenty Year Heart
03:18
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When I think of my mother
I think of my twenty years
I think also of my lover
The only one I love dear
She and I were the same age when We found ourselves deep in love Yes it is such a sweet thing
Just to have known such a love
Refrain:
I hold you in my arms
And we’ll never part
Down low I tell her so
My twenty-year heart
Down low I tell her so
Your beauty and your charm Never will I forget
My twenty years of love
I find you fascinating
You and your eyes so blue Your smiling lips in waiting You and your golden hair too You look just like an angel You’re all that I’m thinking of Yes it is such a sweet thing Just to have known such a love
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13. |
Chère Leonore
03:29
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14. |
Qualité des Filles
03:34
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Dis-moi donc
04:00
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17. |
Je me suis levé
04:26
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18. |
Un Soir d'hiver
05:55
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Départ d'un soldat
03:16
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22. |
Petite Aurore
04:15
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23. |
Veux-tu m'aimer
03:15
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24. |
L'amour de vingt ans
03:19
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