Un Petit Sauvage
Lyrics
(Transcription by Annie Beliveau)
C’est un petit sauvage
Tout nu et tout barbouillé, wishte [oui-shte?]
S’en va-t-à la rivière
cet-un pour se laver, wishte
Tumulang gotuhwee statchina
chinowa thaw wi stomelein
gotchinaw te wishte
S’en va-t-à la rivière
cet-un pour se laver, wishte
S’en va-t-à la rivière
cet-un pour se laver, wishte
Tumulango… wishte
Et le premier plonge
S’en [va sans chanter], wishte
Et le seconde plonge
S'en va se noyer, wishte
Tumulango… wishte
Ils ont le chercher
[Apprend si] les coucher, wishte
Y on va faire sa tombe
Dans un coince exposé, wishte
Tumulango… wishte
Ils ont le chercher
[Apprend si] les coucher, wishte
Y on va faire sa tombe
Dans un coince exposé, wishte
Tumulango… wishte
À quatre coins de sa tombe,
Quatre boulettes de l’oreille, wishte
Au milieu de sa tombe,
Un bouteille de [brandy], wishte
Tumulango… wishte
Collection item #T10B10 (26:18-29:54). Sung by Merritt Earl, Eden, VT. Mr. Earl describes the song as being “in French and Indian."
Translation of French verses by Annie Beliveau
A Little Wild One
It’s a little wild one,
All naked and painted, wishte
He went to the river,
This one, to wash himself, wishte
He went to the river, etc.
And the first dive
He went [without singing], wishte
And the second dive
He went and drowned, wishte
They looked for him
[To lay him to rest], wishte
There they will make his tomb
In an exposed corner, wishte
At the four corners of his tomb,
Four little balls [for earrings], wishte
In the middle of his tomb,
A bottle of [brandy], wishte
C’est un petit sauvage
Tout nu et tout barbouillé, wishte [oui-shte?]
S’en va-t-à la rivière
cet-un pour se laver, wishte
Tumulang gotuhwee statchina
chinowa thaw wi stomelein
gotchinaw te wishte
S’en va-t-à la rivière
cet-un pour se laver, wishte
S’en va-t-à la rivière
cet-un pour se laver, wishte
Tumulango… wishte
Et le premier plonge
S’en [va sans chanter], wishte
Et le seconde plonge
S'en va se noyer, wishte
Tumulango… wishte
Ils ont le chercher
[Apprend si] les coucher, wishte
Y on va faire sa tombe
Dans un coince exposé, wishte
Tumulango… wishte
Ils ont le chercher
[Apprend si] les coucher, wishte
Y on va faire sa tombe
Dans un coince exposé, wishte
Tumulango… wishte
À quatre coins de sa tombe,
Quatre boulettes de l’oreille, wishte
Au milieu de sa tombe,
Un bouteille de [brandy], wishte
Tumulango… wishte
Collection item #T10B10 (26:18-29:54). Sung by Merritt Earl, Eden, VT. Mr. Earl describes the song as being “in French and Indian."
Translation of French verses by Annie Beliveau
A Little Wild One
It’s a little wild one,
All naked and painted, wishte
He went to the river,
This one, to wash himself, wishte
He went to the river, etc.
And the first dive
He went [without singing], wishte
And the second dive
He went and drowned, wishte
They looked for him
[To lay him to rest], wishte
There they will make his tomb
In an exposed corner, wishte
At the four corners of his tomb,
Four little balls [for earrings], wishte
In the middle of his tomb,
A bottle of [brandy], wishte
