Lyrics and translation Pete Seeger - Risselty-Rosselty (1955) [Live]
Risselty-Rosselty (1955) [Live]
Risselty-Rosselty (1955) [Live]
Married
a
wife
in
the
month
of
June
J'ai
épousé
une
femme
au
mois
de
juin
Risselty
rosselty,
now
now
now!
Risselty
rosselty,
maintenant
maintenant
maintenant
!
I
carried
her
off
by
the
light
of
the
moon
(in
a
silver
spoon)
Je
l'ai
emmenée
à
la
lumière
de
la
lune
(dans
une
cuillère
en
argent)
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
nickety
nackety
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
nickety
nackety
Retrical
quality,
willaby
wallaby
now
now
now!
Qualité
rétricale,
willaby
wallaby
maintenant
maintenant
maintenant
!
She
combed
her
hair
but
once
a
year
Elle
se
peignait
les
cheveux
une
fois
par
an
Risselty
rosselty,
now
now
now!
Risselty
rosselty,
maintenant
maintenant
maintenant
!
With
every
rake
she
gave
a
tear
À
chaque
coup
de
râteau,
elle
versait
une
larme
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
(etc.)
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
(etc.)
She
swept
the
floor
but
once
a
year
Elle
balayait
le
sol
une
fois
par
an
Risselty
rosselty,
now
now
now!
Risselty
rosselty,
maintenant
maintenant
maintenant
!
She
swore
her
broom
was
much
too
dear
Elle
jurait
que
son
balai
était
trop
cher
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
(etc.)
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
(etc.)
She
churned
the
butter
in
dad's
old
boot
Elle
barattait
le
beurre
dans
la
vieille
botte
de
papa
Risselty
rosselty,
now
now
now!
Risselty
rosselty,
maintenant
maintenant
maintenant
!
And
for
a
dasher
she
uses
her
foot
Et
elle
utilise
son
pied
comme
baratte
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
(etc.)
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
(etc.)
The
butter
came
out
a
grizzledy
gray
Le
beurre
est
devenu
gris
Risselty
rosselty,
now
now
now!
Risselty
rosselty,
maintenant
maintenant
maintenant
!
The
cheese
took
legs
and
ran
away
Le
fromage
a
pris
ses
jambes
à
son
cou
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
(etc.)
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
(etc.)
(Peggy
Seeger)
(Peggy
Seeger)
The
butter
and
cheese
is
on
the
shelf
Le
beurre
et
le
fromage
sont
sur
l'étagère
Risselty
rosselty,
now
now
now!
Risselty
rosselty,
maintenant
maintenant
maintenant
!
If
you
want
any
more
you
can
sing
it
yourself
Si
tu
en
veux
plus,
tu
peux
le
chanter
toi-même
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
(etc.)
Risselty
rosselty,
hey
bombosity,
(etc.)
(From
miriam
berg's
folksong
collection)
(D'après
la
collection
de
chansons
folkloriques
de
Miriam
Berg)
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Old Joe Clark
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Empty Pocket Blues
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The Keeper and The Doe
27
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28
Joe Bowers
29
Ox Driver's Song
30
Sioux Indians
31
Delia's Gone
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Ground Hog (May 1955)
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Senzeninar (Live)
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Paddy Works on the Railroad (2nd Version)
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Casey Jones (1956)
42
Cindy (1955)
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Brandy Leave Me Alone / Didn't Old John Cross the Water? (Live)
44
Erie Canal (1955)
45
Streets of Laredo (Live)
46
Frog Went A-Courting (1955)
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Wasn't That a Time? (Live)
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Putting on the Style
49
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore (Live)
50
Casey Jones (1954) [Live]
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Erie Canal (1954) [Live]
52
In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down (Live)
53
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1954) [Live]
54
Sixty Per Cent
55
Skip to My Lou
56
The Greenland Fisheries (Live)
57
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (Live)
58
Blue Skies
59
Danville Girl
60
Ballad of Barney Graham
61
The Buffalo Skinners
62
Blow the Man Down
63
No Irish Need Apply
64
All Around the Kitchen
65
John Riley
66
East Virginia Blues
67
Darling Corey
68
The Fox
69
The Foolish Frog
70
I Had a Rooster
71
The Death of Harry Simms
72
The Blind Fiddler
73
Roll Down the Line
74
Raggedy
75
Pittsburgh Town
76
Peg and Awl
77
My Children are Seven in Number
78
Mill Mother's Lament
79
Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine
80
He Lies in the American Land
81
Hayseed Like Me
82
Hard Times in the Mill
83
Eight-Hour Day
84
Cotton Mill Colic
85
Come All You Hardy Miners
86
Beans, Bacon, and Gravy
87
Wimoweh (Live)
88
Que Bonita Bandera (Live)
89
Come All Fair Maids
90
The Arkansas Traveler
91
Woody's Rag
92
The Girl I Left Behind Me
93
Sally My Dear
94
Sally Ann
95
Russian Folk Themes and Yodel
96
Opening Theme (Reprise)
97
Opening Theme
98
Oh, Liza, Poor Gal
99
Mexican Blues
100
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
101
Duet from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7
102
Chorale from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
103
Anitra's Dance / Brandy Leave Me Alone
104
Spanish Folk Song (Happy Birthday)
105
Cumberland Gap
106
When I Was Single
107
Wake Up Jacob
108
The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn
109
The Trail to Mexico
110
The Tex-I-An Boys
111
Rye Whiskey
112
Johnny Comes Down to Hilo
113
My Sweetheart In the Mines
114
Holler
115
Greer County Bachelor (Starving to Death On My Government Cl Aim)
116
Alligator, Hedgehog
117
Italian Christmas Song
118
Go and Dig My Grave
119
The Train is A-Coming
120
Jim Along Josie
121
Frog Went A-Courting (1953)
122
Rissely-Rosselty (1953)
123
Jam on Jerry's Rocks
124
I Had a Wife
125
Get Along Little Dogies
126
Four Banjo Pieces
127
Devilish Mary
128
There Was a Man and He Was Mad
129
Ariran (Live)
130
Bayeza (Live)
131
Deep Blue Sea (1954)
132
Young Man Who Couldn't Hoe Corn (Live)
133
Three Courting Songs (Live)
134
The House Carpenter (Live)
135
Teeroo Teeroo (Live)
136
T for Texas (Live)
137
Road to Eilat (Live)
138
Hoe Down
139
Paddy Works on the Railroad (Live)
140
Long John (Live)
141
Go Down Old Hannah (Live)
142
Four Recorder Melodies (Live)
143
Die Gedanken Sind Frie (Live)
144
Cumberland Bear Mountain (Live)
145
Cindy (1954) [Live]
146
Money Is King (Live)
147
Turtle Dove
148
The Old Hen
149
The Little Black Bull
150
The Elephant
151
The Darby Ram
152
Teency Weency Spider
153
Racoon's Got a Bushy Tail
154
Old Paint
155
Old Grey Mule
156
My Little Kitty
157
Mister Rabbit
158
Little Dogies
159
Grey Goose
160
Fly Through My Window
161
Come All You Bold Sailormen
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Bear Hunt
163
Seven Cents Cotton and Forty Cents Meat
164
Fare Ye Well
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