| La mule (original) | La mule (translation) |
|---|---|
| Dis-moi, dis-moi forgeron | Tell me, tell me blacksmith |
| Combien pour ferrer ma mule? | How much to shoe my mule? |
| C’est 5 sols mon prince | It's 5 sols my prince |
| Cinq sols et un denier | Five sols and a denarius |
| Dis-moi, dis-moi forgeron | Tell me, tell me blacksmith |
| Si tu tiendras ma mule? | If you will hold my mule? |
| J’en ai tenu d’autres | I held others |
| Celle-ci je tiendrai | This one I will hold |
| Au premier fer que tu mettras | On the first iron you put on |
| Elle va t’appeler pre | She will call you pre |
| Au premier clou qu’il plante | At the first nail he hammers |
| Mon pre elle l’appelait | My father she called him |
| Qui est donc cette mule | Who is this mule |
| Qui m’appelle pre? | Who calls me pre? |
| Votre fille Jeanne | Your daughter Joan |
| Qui est morte et enterre | Who is dead and buried |
| Dis-moi, dis-moi Jeanne | Tell me, tell me Jeanne |
| Qui t’a change en mule? | Who turned you into a mule? |
| Le cur de Lalande | The heart of Lalande |
| C’est lui qui m’a fait damner | He is the one who made me damn |
| Le long de la Bruyre | Along the Bruyre |
| Quand j’tais jeune fille | When I was a young girl |
| Une fois la semaine | Once a week |
| Il venait m’y trouver | He came to find me there |
| A ma sur allez dire | To my sister go say |
| Ne va pas la Bruyre | Won't go Bruyre |
| Autrement mon pre | Otherwise my father |
| Elle ira se damner | She will go to damn herself |
| Mes habits la maison | My clothes at home |
| Que jamais ne les porte | Never wear them |
| Prenez-les bien vite | Take them fast |
| C’est pour les faire brler | It's to make them burn |
| Vous mettrez les cendres | You will put the ashes |
| Dans un drap de toile blanche | In a white linen sheet |
| A la lune montante | At the rising moon |
| Au vent faut les jeter | To the wind have to throw them |
