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La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire
Staff Notation • Secular, Chansons
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6 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire by Pierre Certon — Lyrics
La, la, la, je ne l'o… je ne l'o…
je ne l'ose dire.
La, la, la, je le vous dirai,
et la, la, la, je le vous dirai.
Il est un homme en not' ville
qui de sa femme est jaloux.
Il n'est pas jaloux sans cause,
mais il est cocu de tout.
La, la, la…
Il n'est pas jaloux sans cause,
mais il est cocu de tout.
Il aprete et si la mene
au marche s'en va a tout.
La, la, la…
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About La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire
Pierre Certon's La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire is a secular French chanson for SATB choir. The text describes, with a recurring and playful "la, la, la", the tale of a man in town who is jealous of his wife. The lyrics reveal that his jealousy is not unfounded, as he is cuckolded by everyone. The song humorously recounts his attempts to control his wife and the unfortunate, yet darkly comic, end that befalls him and his unfaithful spouse, who follows him to hell out of malice. The chanson, typical of the genre, uses a lively and engaging text to tell a story with a moral, albeit a rather grim one, about the permanence of marriage.
