Canoes
(please click on title to hear song)
Envoyons de l’avant (Let’s go forward) Chorus (sung twice) Envoyons de l’avant, nos gens ! Envoyons de l’avant. 1. Quand on part du chantier, Mer chers amis, tous le cœur gai, Pour aller voir tous nos parents, Mes chers amis le cœur content. Chorus 2. Pour aller voir tous nos parents, Mes chers amis, le cœur content. Mais qu’on arrive en Canada, Il va falloir y mouiller ça. Chorus 3. Ah ! mais que ça soit tout mouillé, Vous allez voir que ça va marcher ! Mais que nos amis nous voyent arriver, Ils vont se mettre à rire, à chanter Chorus 4. Dimanche au soir, à la veillée Nous irons voir nos compagnées, Elles vont nous dire, mais en entrant, Voilà mon amant, j’ai le cœur content ! Chorus 5. Et au milieu de la veillée, Elles vont parler de leurs cavaliers. Elles vont nous dire, mais en partant, As-tu fréquenté les amantes ? Chorus 6. Elles vont nous dire, mais en partant, As-tu fréquenté les amantes? Qui a composé la chanson? C’est pour Blanchette, le joli garçon. Chorus—ooo—
This song is about loggers (chantiers are for loggers). However, they are canoeing back to Canada. They are happy, and look forward to having a good drink (mouiller ça: wet this). When we have had a good drink (mais que ça soit tout mouillé). You’ll see how smoothly things will go (ça va marcher). When our friends (nos amis) see us arrive, they’ll be laughing and singing (Ils vons se mettre à rire, à chanter). On Sunday evening (dimanche au soir), we’ll go and see our sweethearts (nous irons voir nos compagnées). When our sweethearts see us arrive (en entrant), they will be happy. They will say when we come in: Here’s my sweetheart, my heart is happy (Voilà mon amant [boyfriend], j’ai le cœur content !). As the evening (la veillée) progresses, the girls will talk about their [other] beaux and when the men leave (mais en partant), they will ask them about their [other] sweethearts. Envoyons de l’avant (La Bonne Chanson)
Thank you thank you thank you thank you for making this blog. IM 16 going on 17 and I for some reason love this kind of music. When I listen to it, it makes me feel connected with history. I live in Wisconsin, which is right next to Minnesota and so when you travel very far north in those teo states, everything starts getting more and more touched with historical fur trappings and place names. We went to the Minnesota Historical Society Press museum and bought a two disc CD of “Songs of the Voyageurs” in order to keep us entertained while we drove to Madeline Island, which has had its fair share of contact with fur trappers, natives, and the like. I loved it so much that by the fifth rotation they turned it off! Lol.. but I lost it D:.. $40 too! I tried to find good choirs or singers of these classic songs but got no such luck, until I found your blog. Lyrics and translation, and I only JUST found out that by clicking the title I can hear it sung as well ^_^; Im an idiot. I had this site bookmarked for two weeks. Anyways, thanks so much for maki g this blog.. I just love this music! Makes me feel nostalgic for some reason, though I wouldnt really want to have the job of “voyageur” I would like to have ridden in a canoe and listen to the guys sing.. but this is close enough 😛
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I’m glad you liked those songs. I’ll see if I have more of them and provide the words and a translation in later posts.
I thank you for giving me a little guidance. I do not always know what people would like to read or hear.
Minnesota is where many of the voyageurs retired. Their other descendants are in Manitoba.
You had interesting comments, helpful comments, so I thank you for writing.
Best,
Micheline
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Yes you may but using the usual protocol: naming your sources. Thank you for writing. Take care, Micheline
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