Clément Janequin
 (c.1485 - 1558)

L'époux à la première nuit
 (S.A.T.B. (or A.T.T.B.))
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Pub. 1547. 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: Clément Marot

L'époux à la première nuit
Assurant sa femme farouche:
"Mordez moi" dit il "s'il vous cuit;
Voilà mon doigt en votre bouche".
Elle y consent il s'escarmouche,
Et puis quand il eut déhoussée,
"Or ça", dit il, tendre rosée,
Vous ai-je fait du mal ainsi?"
"Nenni" répondit l'éspousée,
"Je ne vous ai pas mordu aussi".

So the bridegroom, on the first night,
Is reassuring his shy wife:
"Bite me", says he "if you feel uneasy,
Here's my pinkie in your gob".
She agrees and he has a skirmish,
Then, after he's withdrawn, he says,
Tender as the dew, "O.K.
Did I hurt you doing that?"
"No worries", says the bride,
I didn't bite you, did I?"