Auprès de ma blonde

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Auprès de ma blonde ( German: “With my blonde”), also Le Prisonnier de Hollande (German “The prisoner of Holland”), is a French folk song . It is about a woman who watches the birds in her father's garden and languishes for her husband . This is as a soldier in captivity fall and also longs to be "his blonde" back in.

The melody of Auprès de ma blonde

history

Origin and Distribution

The authorship of the song is attributed to André Joubert du Collet. During the Dutch-French War (1672–1678) he served as a lieutenant in the French Navy , when he was captured by the Netherlands. In the course of this imprisonment, he is said to have written the text Auprès de ma blonde or Le Prisonnier de Hollande to a regional melody, the origin of which is believed to have originated at the beginning of the 16th century. Other representations also attribute the composition to Joubert. Two years later, after Louis XIV had paid a ransom demanded by the United Netherlands , Joubert was released from his captivity. Back in France, his work is said to have quickly enjoyed great popularity. The oldest known publication of the song dates back to 1704. Colonists also made it to North America ; there it is popular in Canada to this day. During various wars, such as the coalition wars or the First World War , Auprès de ma blonde was popular as a soldier's song .

Re-use

  • The composer Joseph Canteloube published an arrangement of the song as part of his Chants de France .
  • The folk song can be heard in the feature film The Step on the Path (1939), a film adaptation of Theodor Fontane's novel Effi Briest . The singer Marietta Tripelli performs two pieces for an upper-class society, one of which is Auprès de ma blonde .
  • In the musical Zoff for Two (1967) Elvis Presley sings the song I Love Only One Girl , which uses the melody of Auprès de ma blonde . The text is about maintaining a different love affair in every part of the world.
  • Auprès de ma blonde is part of the soundtrack of the 2014 video game Assassin's Creed Unity .

text

French text

Dans les jardins d'mon père
Les lilas sont fleuris
Dans les jardins d'mon père
Les lilas sont fleuris
Tous les oiseaux du monde
Viennent y faire leur nid

     Auprès de ma blonde
     Qu'il fait bon, fait bon, fait bon
     Auprès de ma blonde
     Qu'il fait bon dormir

Tous les oiseaux du monde
Viennent y faire leur nid
Tous les oiseaux du monde
Viennent y faire leur nid
La caille, la tourterelle
Et la jolie perdrix

     Auprès de ma blonde…

La caille, la tourterelle
Et la jolie perdrix
La caille, la tourterelle
Et la jolie perdrix
Et ma jolie colombe
Qui chante jour et nuit

     Auprès de ma blonde…

Et ma jolie colombe
Qui chante jour et nuit
Et ma jolie colombe
Qui chante jour et nuit
Qui chante pour les filles
Qui n 'ont pas de mari

     Auprès de ma blonde…

Qui chante pour les filles
Qui n'ont pas de mari
Qui chante pour les filles
Qui n'ont pas de mari
Pour moi ne chante guère
Car j'en ai un joli

     Auprès de ma blonde …

Pour moi ne chante guère
Car j'en ai un joli
Pour moi ne chante guère
Car j ' en ai un joli
Dites-nous donc, la belle
Où donc est vot 'mari

     Auprès de ma blonde…

Dites-nous donc, la belle
Où donc est vot' mari
Dites-nous donc, la belle
Où donc est vot 'mari
Il est dans la Hollande
Les Hollandais l'ont pris

     Auprès de ma blonde…

Il est dans la Hollande
Les Hollandais l'ont pris
Il est dans la Hollande
Les Hollandais l'ont pris
Que donneriez-vous, belle
Pour avoir votre ami

     Auprès de ma blonde …

Que donneriez-vous, belle
Pour avoir votre ami
Que donneriez-vous, belle
Pour avoir votre ami
Je donnerai Versailles
Paris et Saint-Denis

     Auprès de ma blonde…

Je donnerai Versailles
Paris et Saint-Denis
Je donnerai Versailles
Paris et Saint-Denis
Les tours de Notre-Dame
Et l'clocher d'mon pays

     Auprès de ma blonde…

Les tours de Notre-Dame
Et l'clocher d'mon pays The
tours de Notre-Dame
Et l'clocher d'mon pays
Et ma blanche Colombe
Qui l'attend jour et nuit

     Auprès de ma blonde ...

German translation

In my father's
gardens the lilacs bloom
In my father's
gardens the lilacs bloom
All the birds in the world
come here to nest

     With my blond
     one Has it so good, so good, so good
     With my blond one
     it is easy to sleep

Everyone Birds of the world
come here to nest
All the birds of the world
come here to nest
The quail , the pigeon
And the pretty partridge

    By my blonde…

The quail, the pigeon
And the pretty partridge
The quail, the pigeon
And the pretty partridge
And mine Pretty dove that
sings day and night

    With my blonde ...

And my pretty dove that
sings day and night
And my pretty dove that
sings day and night
Those who sing for the girls
Who have no husband

    For my blonde ...

Those who sing for the girls
The Have no husband
Those who sing for the girls
Who have no husband
For me there is hardly any singing
Because I have a pretty girl

    With my blonde…

For me there is hardly any singing
Because I have a pretty one e
For me there is hardly any singing
Because I have a pretty girl
Tell us, pretty girl
Where is your husband?

    With my blonde ...

tell us, beautiful
where is your husband?
Tell us beautiful
where is your husband?
He's in the Netherlands
The Dutch caught him

    At my blonde ...

He's in the Netherlands
The Dutch caught him
He's in the Netherlands
The Dutch caught him
What would you give, beautiful
To have your boyfriend with you

    ? At my blonde ...

What would you give, beautiful
To have your friend with you
What would you give, beautiful
To have your friend with you
I would give Versailles
Paris and Saint-Denis

    With my blonde…

I would give Versailles
Paris and Saint-Denis
Me     I would give Versailles
Paris and Saint-Denis
The towers of Notre-Dame
And the bell towers of my country

By my blonde…

The towers of Notre-Dame
And the bell towers of my country
The towers of Notre-Dame
And the bell towers of my country
And my white dove
Die Singing day and night

    with my blonde ...

melody

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literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Carine Bobbera: Le saviez-vous? "Auprès de ma blonde". Ministère des Armées, November 28, 2018, accessed March 8, 2020 (French).
  2. ↑ a b Auprès de ma blonde . In: International Folk Songs for Solo Singers . Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc., Van Nuys 1997, ISBN 1-4574-1155-5 , pp. 31 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  3. ↑ a b Auprès de ma blonde . In: Mes plus belles chansons . Volume 2. Editions Tom Pousse, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-35345-033-6 (French, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  4. ↑ Theo Mang, Sunhilt Mang (ed.): Der Liederquell . Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, ISBN 978-3-7959-0850-8 , pp. 887-889 .
  5. ^ Pascal Tonazzi: La grande histoire de Notre-Dame dans la littérature. Le Passeur, 2019, ISBN 978-2-36890-733-7 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  6. ^ Corinne Grenouillet: L'univers sonore des Communistes: chansons et références musicales. In: Michel Apel-Muller (ed.): Recherches croisées Aragon / Elsa Triolet. Vol. 7. Presses Univ. Franche-Comté, Besançon Cedex 2001, ISBN 2-84627-030-9 , p. 125 ff., Here p. 136 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  7. ↑ Joseph Canteloube - Auprès de ma blonde on YouTube , sung by Véronique Gens
  8. ↑ 1939 The Step from the Path (Gründgens). (MP4) In: Internet Archive . July 19, 2017, Retrieved April 6, 2020 (timestamp: 32:08).
  9. ↑ Elvis Presley - I Love Only One Girl on YouTube
  10. ↑ I Love Only One Girl. In: Musixmatch. Retrieved on March 16, 2020 (German, English).
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed Unity - Auprès de ma blonde. Web video on YouTube . Retrieved June 30, 2020 .