La Maumariée (arr. Joni Jensen)

La Maumariée (arr. Joni Jensen)
University of Houston Concert Women's Chorus
Jeb Mueller, conductor
Jessica Myers, piano
Ivan Dorantes, oboe
SWACDA 2016
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Kansas City, MO

TRANSLATION:
My father wants me to marry, I hear the wolf and the fox they sing.
My father wants me to marry, To an old man, he’s given me.

I hear the wolf, the fox and the lark sing.
I hear the wolf and the fox they sing.

…He has no wealth and no money…
…He has a stick from an apple tree…
…I know he’ll use it to whip me…
…Ah! If he hits me, I will flee!…
…I’ll run away to the woods to play…
…With the kind school children…
…They will teach me the game of love!