Chanson enfantine

Folk Song

(French)

(English)

Ah ! Si mon moine voulait danser !
Ah ! Si mon moine voulait danser !
Un capuchon je lui donnerais
Un capuchon je lui donnerais

Refrain
Danse, mon moine, danse !
Tu n'entends pas la danse.
Tu n'entends pas mon moulin lon la,
Tu n'entends pas mon moulin marcher.

Ah ! Si mon moine voulait danser !
Ah ! Si mon moine voulait danser !
Un ceinturon je lui donnerais
Un ceinturon je lui donnerais.

(Refrain)

Ah ! Si mon moine voulait danser !
Ah ! Si mon moine voulait danser !
Un chapelet je lui donnerais
Un chapelet je lui donnerais.

(Refrain)

Ah ! Si mon moine voulait danser !
Ah ! Si mon moine voulait danser !
Un froc de bur' je lui donnerais
Un froc de bur' je lui donnerais.

(Refrain)

Ah ! Si mon moine voulait danser !
Ah ! Si mon moine voulait danser !
Un beau psautier je lui donnerais
Un beau psautier je lui donnerais.

(Refrain)

S'il n'avait fait vœu de pauvreté,
S'il n'avait fait vœu de pauvreté
Bien d'autres choses je lui donnerais
Bien d'autres choses je lui donnerais.

(Refrain)

Oh! If my monk wanted to dance!
Oh! If my monk wanted to dance!
A hood I would give him,
A hood I would give him.

(Chorus)
Dance, my monk, dance!
You don't hear the dance.
You don't hear my mill, la la!
You don't hear my mill working.

Oh! If my monk wanted to dance!
Oh! If my monk wanted to dance!
A belt I would give him,
A belt I would give him.

(Chorus)

Oh! If my monk wanted to dance!
Oh! If my monk wanted to dance!
A rosary I would give him,
A rosary I would give him.

(Chorus)

Oh! If my monk wanted to dance!
Oh! If my monk wanted to dance!
A woolen* frock I would give him,
A woolen frock I would give him.

(Chorus)

Oh! If my monk wanted to dance!
Oh! If my monk wanted to dance!
A fine Psalter** I would give him,
A fine Psalter I would give him.

(Chorus)

If he hadn't taken vows of poverty,
If he hadn't taken vows of poverty,
Many more things would I give him,
Many more things would I give him.

(Chorus)