Swingle II (The Swingle Singers) - Trois Chansons (Ravel) - Live in Norway 1978

Swingle II sings "Trois Chansons" (Maurice Ravel) live in a concert in "Sandvika kino", Bærum, 1978.

Trois Chansons (1914–15)
1. Nicolette. Allegro moderato
2. Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis. Moderato
3. Ronde. Allegro

1. Nicolette
Nicolette, at twilight,
Went for a walk through the fields,
To pick daisies,
daffodils, and lilies of the valley.
Skipping around, completely jolly,
Spying here, there, and everywhere.

She met an old, growling wolf,
On alert, eyes a-sparkle:
"Hey there! Nicolette, my dear,
won't you come to Grandmother's house?"
Out of breath, Nicolette fled,
Leaving behind her cornette and white clogs.

She met a cute page,
Blue shoes and gray doublet:
"Hey there! Nicolette dear,
wouldn't you like a sweetheart?"
Wisely, she turned 'round, poor Nicolette,
very slowly, with a contrite heart.

She met an old gentleman,
Twisted, ugly, smelly and pot-bellied:
"Hey there! Nicolette dear,
don't you want all this money?"
She ran straight into his arms, good Nicolette,
Never to return to the fields again.
2. Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis (Three beautiful birds of Paradise)

Three beautiful birds of Paradise
passed by this way.

The first was bluer than the sky,
(My love is gone to the wars)
The second was the colour of snow,
The third vermilion red.

Beautiful little birds of Paradise
(My love is gone to the wars)
Beautiful little birds of Paradise,
What are you bringing here?

I bring an azure-coloured look
(Your love is gone to the wars)
And I, on a beautiful snow-coloured brow,
must place a kiss, even more pure.

Vermilion bird of Paradise,
(My love is gone to the wars)
Vermilion bird of Paradise,
What then do you bring?

A lovely heart, blushing all crimson.
(Your love is gone to the wars.)
Ah! I feel my own heart growing cold...
Take that as well.
3. Ronde
(The old women:)
Do not go to the woods of Ormonde,
young girls, do not go to the woods:
They are full of satyrs, centaurs, evil sorcerers,
leprechauns and incubi,
ogres, imps,
fauns, sprites, lamias,
devils, big devils, little devils,
goatsfeet, gnomes, demons,
werewolves, elves, Myrmidons,
enchanters and mages,
vampires, sylphs, bogeymen,
cyclopes, djinns, goblins,
korrigans, necromancers, kobolds.
Do not go to the woods of Ormonde.

(The old men:)
Do not go to the woods of Ormonde,
young boys, do not go to the woods:
They are full of faunesses, Bacchantes, evil fairies,
satyresses, ogresses and witches,
centauresses and she-devils,
ghouls coming from their sabbat,
leprechauns and demons,
ghosts, nymphs, Myrmidons,
sprites, shades, she-gnomes,
succubi, Gorgons, goblins.
Do not go to the woods of Ormonde!

(The girls and the boys:)
We will no longer go to the woods of Ormonde,
alas! we will no longer go to the woods.
There are no more satyrs, no more nymphs or evil fairies,
no more leprechauns, no more incubi,
more ogres, imps,
fauns, sprites, lamias,
devils, big devils, little devils,
goatsfeet, gnomes, demons,
werewolves, elfs, Myrmidons,
no more enchanters nor mages,
vampires, sylphs, bogeymen,
cyclopes, djinns,
archdevils, ifrit, trolls,
woodland spirits, goblins,
korrigans, necromancers, kobolds.
Do not go to the woods of Ormonde.
The foolish old women,
the foolish old men,
have frightened them off. Ah!
Olive Simpson (s1); Nicole Tibbels (s2); Carol Hall (a1); Heather Kay (a2); Howard Milner (t1); Ward Swingle (t2); Lindsay Benson (b1); David Beavan (b2)

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