Lyrics and translation Deborah Stokol - Josephine March

Josephine March

Josephine, Josephine

Runs through leaves

Court à travers les feuilles

And fills the sheaves of paper

Et remplit les gerbes de papier

With her dreams

De ses rêves

Josephine, Josephine

Writes her lore

Écrit son histoire

And does her chores

Et fait ses corvées

With Meg and Beth and Amy

Avec Meg, Beth et Amy

She swims in the blue-brown of the pond nearby

Elle nage dans le bleu-brun de l'étang voisin

And she will Transcend

Et elle transcendera

You will hear her voice ring out

Tu entendras sa voix retentir

For her strength is great

Car sa force est grande

Josephine, Josephine

Moves through fear of their pain

Traverse la peur de leur douleur

Does sheer

Elle se donne entièrement

Her hair for loves in need

Ses cheveux pour les amours dans le besoin

Josephine, Josephine

Fierce and fiery

Féroce et ardente

Tell a story

Raconte une histoire

At Home or in the city

À la maison ou en ville

She will break those hearts of theirs

Elle brisera ces cœurs à eux

And she will break rules

Et elle brisera les règles

Know you must let her speak

Sache que tu dois la laisser parler

She is neither mild nor meek

Elle n'est ni douce ni docile

Josephine, Josephine

Come what may

Quoi qu'il arrive

In March each day

En mars chaque jour

And save them from the grey

Et sauve-les de la grisaille

Josephine, Josephine

The teacher, here,

La professeur, ici,

And sisters, dear

Et les sœurs, chères

Are whom you love to have so near

Sont celles que tu aimes avoir si près

But first, go

Mais d'abord, pars

Have adventures

Aie des aventures

And always

Et toujours

Scratch your pen

Gratte ton stylo

Time will be kind

Le temps sera clément

To you

Pour toi

And she who did

Et celle qui a

Write you true

Écrit ta vérité

Josephine

Josephine, Josephine

March right on

Marche droit devant

You are a scion

Tu es une héritière

Of your kindred's name

Du nom de ta lignée

Josephine, Josephine

Share your thoughts

Partage tes pensées

The words you've fought

Les mots que tu as combattus

To put there on the page

Pour les mettre là sur la page

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Writer(s): Deborah Stokol

Album

Old Wives’ Tales

date of release

15-07-2022

1 The Weaver (As Above)
2 Stay Mine, Keens the Sailor
3 The Figurehead
4 The Lake of Dreams - Harp Version
5 Jolene Must Speak
6 Whispers Of (The Beloved, Side A)
7 You Will Find Where You Belong
8 Grandmother Soil and The Grandfather Clock
9 Josephine March
10 When Seamus Went Digging (The Beloved, Side B)
11 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
12 Lecha Dodi (Let us go, Beloved, to Greet the Sabbath Bride, the Shabbat Queen)
13 Like Orpheus and Lot's Wife
14 A Love Greater Than Time
15 I had a Long Convalescence, and I Wore Pearls in my Ears
16 Song of the Selkie
17 In a Time of Lockets, a Time of Lace

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