Song no. 37 from the collection Chants populaires de la Provence by Damase Arbaud (1814-1876), published in 1862. Public domain. The text follows Arbaud's own spelling, which predates the Félibrige standard, and is reproduced unchanged.
Text
English translation of the full text forthcoming.
Notes
A work song of the spinners, sung during the evening gathering around the spindle and distaff. It describes the tools of spinning (spindle, distaff, hand spindle, bells) and calls on the women of the quarter to bring their tow and take part in the collective work. The tone is lively, mixing pride in the craft with teasing about the lazy spinners who drop their spindle.
Notable words
| Provençal | French |
|---|---|
| fieroue | quenouille |
| fus | fuseau |
| cascaveous | grelots |
| blestoun | fuseau à main, petit instrument de filage |
| trissoun | teilloir, outil pour broyer le chanvre |
| cousfat | côté, flanc (à la ceinture) |
Glosses are given in French, as delivered by our lexicographic source; an English gloss is not yet available for these words.
Source: Damase Arbaud, Chants populaires de la Provence, 1862, song no. 37. Public domain. Digitization: https://archive.org/details/chantspopulaire00arbagoog. Transcription and formatting by Lingua Nostra.