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Songs of Old Canada/Malbrouck

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Montreal: Dawson Brothers, pages 8–13. See also the Notes on page 77 of this work.

MALBROUCK.
Malbrouck s'en va-t-en guerre,Mironton, mironton, mirontaine,Malbrouck s'en va-t-en guerre,Ne sait quand reviendra.
II reviendra-z-à Pâques,Ou à la Trinité.
La Trinité se passe,Malbrouck ne revient pas.
Madame à sa tour monte,Si haut qu'ell' peut monter.
Elle aperçoit son pageTout de noir habillé.
Beau page, ah! mon beau page,Quell' nouvelle apportez?
Aux nouvell's que j'apporte,Vos beaux yeux vont pleurer.
Quittez vos habits roses,Et vos satins brochés.
Monsieur Malbrouck est mort,Est mort et enterré.
Je l'ai vu porter en terre.Par quatre-z-officiers.
L'un portait sa cuirasse,L'autre son bouclier.
L'un portait son grand sabre,L'autre ne portait rien.
A l'entour de sa tombe,Romarins l'on planta.
Sur la plus haute branche,Le rossignol chanta.
On vit voler son âme,A travers des lauriers.
Chacun mit ventre à terre,Et puis se releva.
Pour chanter les victoires,Que Malbrouck remporta.
La cérémoni' faite,Chacun s'en fut s'coucher.
J'n'en dis pas davantage    Mironton, mironton, mirontaine,J'n'en dis pas davantageCar en voilà z-assez.
MALBROUCK.
Malbrouck has gone a-fighting,Mironton, mironton, mirontaine,Malbrouck has gone a-fightingBut when will he return?
Perchance he'll come at EasterOr else at Trinity Term.
But Trinity Term is overAnd Malbrouck comes not yet.
My Lady climbs her watch towerAs high as she can get.
She sees her page approachingAll clad in sable hue:
"Ah page, brave page, what tidingsFrom my true lord bring you?"
"The news I bring, fair Lady,Will make your tears run down;
"Put off your rose-red dress so fineAnd doff your satin gown.
"Monsieur Malbrouck is dead, alas!And buried too, for aye;
"I saw four officers who boreHis mighty corse away.
"One bore his cuirass, and his friendHis shield of iron wrought;
"The third his mighty sabre bore,And the fourth—he carried nought.
"And at the corners of his tombThey planted rose-marie;
"And from their tops the nightingaleRings out her carol free.
"We saw, above the laurels,His soul fly forth amain;
"And each one fell upon his faceAnd then rose up again.
"And so we sang the gloriesFor which great Malbrouck bled;
"And when the whole was endedEach one went off to bed.
"I say no more, my Lady,    Mironton, mironton, mirontaine,I say no more, my Lady,As nought more can be said."