>Can you translate the Breton words in the song? I can't, unfortunatly. I don't know Breton. You could ask JF Moine, I think he can breton, but I'm not sure. >I knew nothing at all about. (The French state has been using its >colonial and minority peoples as cannon fodder in the same way ever >since, of course). I looked up what Marx might have had to say about In the french governement's mind, there is nothing that worth more than the "noble (?) ideal" of the pre-bolshevik imperialist republic, so why would they bother about some peasants who couldn't bear to be levelled down and standardized, and were reluctant to learn a foreign language (french) instead of theirs ? Marx who contributed grandly with his ideas to level down so many cultures may have adopted the same point of view as the governement. Stranged enough, in the Tri Yann partitions I have, there is no credit for the "trad." origin of this song (unlike other tunes). The only name mentionned is Bernard Baudrillier. But since you mentionned it, I doubt it's Tri Yann who composed it. An other tune with the same topic is "Pelot d'Hennebont", another An Dro too. "Histoire d'un Breton contraint de combattre dans l'arm�e Fran�aise sans rien comprendre aux choses de la guerre. Originaire de Betton, village situ� au nord de Rennes, cette chanson est transpos�e en an-dro. Album "Suite gallaise" Texte : (traditionnel) Musique : (Tri Yann)" It's about a breton forced to fight in the french army without knowing at all about this war. This tune in abc format : X:18 T:Pelot d'Hennebont R:chanson O:France C:Tri Yann / Trad Z:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://anamnese.fr.st M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=125 N:K = Ab K:Fm F/ FF |: c>B cd | c>B AG | B>A GA | G3/ F/ FF c>B cd | c>B AG | B>A GA | G3/ F/ FF || G>B GA | F>F FF | G>B GA | F3/ F/ FF G>B GA | F>F FF || !alcoda! G>B GA | F3/ F/ FF :| !coda!G>B GA | F4 |] W:Ma ch�re maman je vous �cris W:Que nous sommes entr�s dans Paris W:Que je sommes d�j� Caporal W:Et serons bient�t G�n�ral W: W:A la bataille, je combattions W:Les ennemis de la nation W:Et tous ceux qui se pr�sentiont W:A grand coups de sabres les �mondions W: W:Le roi Louis m'a z'appel� W:C'est "sans quartier" qu'il m'a nomm� W:Mais "sans quartier", c'est point mon nom, W:J'lui dit "j'm'appelle Pelot d'Hennebont" W: W:J'y aquiris un biaux ruban W:Et je n'sais quoi au go�t d'argent W:Il dit boute �a sur ton habit W:Et combats toujours l'ennemi W: W:Faut qu'ce soye que'que chose de pr�cieux W:Pour que les autres m'appellent monsieur W:Et foutent lou main � lou chapiau W:Quand ils veulent conter au Pelot W: W:Ma m�re si j'meurs en combattant W:J'vous enverrais ce biau ruban W:Et vous l'foutrez � votre fusiau W:En souvenir du gars Pelot W: W:Dites � mon p�re, � mon cousin W:A mes amis que je vais bien W:Je suis leur humble serviteur W:Pelot qui vous embrasse le coeur ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en fran�ais ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
