Mai grand meire

Mai grand meire, qui n'évot qu'enne dent,
Encore elle groûle
Quand an cort du vent.

Mon grand peire, qu'étot maréchau,
a li raicmôde
Ai grands coups d'marteau.

Mai cousine, not'petit chien blanc,
Lai quoue li groûle,
Quand an cort du vent.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , c1800, collected in the village of Auxois by Charles Bigame (1825-1911)

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by Maurice Emmanuel (1862-1938) , "Mai grand meire", 1913 [voice and orchestra], from Trente Chansons Bourguignonnes, no. ?

Date added to the website: 2009-01-08.

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