Clément Janequin
(c.1485 - 1558)

Un jour que Madame dormait
(S.A.T.B. (or A.T.T.B.))
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Pub. 1543. This edition is offered at original pitch (high chiavette) for S.A.T.B. or transposed down a fourth for A.T.T.B.
Lyrics: Mellin de Saint-Gelais

Un jour que Madame dormait,
Monsieur branlait sa chambrière.
Et elle, qui la dance aimait,
Remuait fort bien le derrière.
Enfin la garce, toute fière,
Lui dit: "Monsieur qui le fait mieux
Madame ou moi?".
"C'est toi", dit il, "sans condredit".
"N'enda" dit elle, "je le crois,
Car tout le monde le me dit".

So one day, while Madam's asleep,
Sir tups her chambermaid;
And she, liking the jigging,
Twerks well nastily.
At the end the bint, well proud,
Says to him: "Sir, who goes better,
Madam or me?"
"You", says he, "no messing".
"Hang on", says she, "I reckon you're right,
'Cause everyone tells me that".