Lyrics and translation Steeleye Span - Lovely On the Water

Lovely On the Water

Jolie sur l'eau

As I walked out one morning

Alors que je sortais un matin

In the springtime of the year

Au printemps de l'année

I overheard a sailor boy

J'ai entendu un jeune marin

Likewise a lady fair

Et une belle dame

They sang a song together

Ils chantaient une chanson ensemble

Made the valleys for to ring

Qui faisait vibrer les vallées

While the birds on the spray in the meadows gay

Pendant que les oiseaux sur les branches dans les prés joyeux

Proclaimed the lovely spring

Proclamaient le beau printemps

Said Willy unto Nancy

Willy dit à Nancy

Oh we soon must sail away

Oh, nous devons bientôt prendre la mer

For it's lovely on the water

Car c'est beau sur l'eau

To hear the music play

D'entendre la musique jouer

For our Queen she do want seamen

Car notre Reine a besoin de marins

So I will not stay on shore

Alors je ne resterai pas à terre

I will brave the wars for my country

J'affronterai les guerres pour mon pays

Where the blund'ring cannons roar

Là où les canons grondants rugissent

Poor Nancy fell and fainted

Pauvre Nancy s'est évanouie

But soon he brought her to

Mais il l'a vite ramenée à la vie

For it's there they kissed and there embraced

Car c'est là qu'ils se sont embrassés et enlacés

And took a fond adieu

Et se sont dit au revoir avec tendresse

Come change your ring with me my love

Viens, échange ta bague avec moi, mon amour

For we may meet once more

Car nous pourrions nous revoir un jour

But there's one above that will guard you love

Mais il y a quelqu'un au-dessus qui te gardera, mon amour

Where the blund'ring cannons roar

Là où les canons grondants rugissent

Four pounds it is our bounty

Quatre livres, c'est notre prime

And that must do for thee

Et cela doit te suffire

But to help the aged parents

Mais pour aider tes parents âgés

While I am on the sea

Pendant que je suis sur la mer

For Tower Hill is crowded

Car la colline de la Tour est remplie

With mothers' weeping sore

De mères qui pleurent amèrement

For their sons are gone to face the war

Car leurs fils sont partis pour affronter la guerre

Where the blund'ring cannons roar

Là où les canons grondants rugissent

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Writer(s): Dp, Eliza Amy Forbes Carthy, Norma Waterson, Lal Waterson, Maria Gilhooley

Album

Please to See the King

date of release

01-03-1971

1 Boys of Bedlam
2 The King
3 Lovely On the Water
4 The Blacksmith (1970 Version)
5 Bryan O'lynn / The Hag With the Money (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)
6 The King (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)
7 The Lark In the Morning (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)
8 Bring 'Em Down / A Hundred Years Ago (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)
9 Let's Dance (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)
10 Two Reels (Dowd's Favourite) [Stuart Henry Radio Session 4/2/71]
11 Farther Along (Stuart Henry Radio Session 4/2/71)
12 General Taylor (Stuart Henry Radio Session 4/2/71)
13 Female Drummer (MK2) (Stuart Henry Radio Session 4/2/71)
14 Reel - BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970
15 Wee Weaver - BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970
16 Female Drummer (MK 2) [BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970]
17 Hitler's Downfall / The Hag With the Money - BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970
18 False Knight On the Road - BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970
19 The Blacksmith (Top Gear Radio Session 27/3/71)
20 Lay Down Your Weary Tune (BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970)
21 Bold Poachers (Stuart Henry Radio Session 23/7/70)
22 Prince Charlie Stuart (Stuart Henry Radio Session 23/7/70)
23 The King (Stuart Henry Radio Session 23/7/70)
24 The Lark In the Morning (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70)
25 I Was a Young Man (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70)
26 Rave On (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70)
27 Female Drummer (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70)
28 The Blacksmith (Top Gear Radio Session 27/6/70)
29 Female Drummer
30 The Lark In the Morning
31 False Knight on the Road
32 Prince Charlie Stuart
33 Jigs: Bryan O'Lynn / The Hag With the Money (Medley)
34 Cold, Haily, Windy Night
35 College Grove / Silver Spear - BBC "Folk On 1" 17 October 1970

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