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I can take no credit for the basic arrangement of this song: it's an unadulterated 16th century pavane (courtly dance) taken from a music and dance book called Orchésographie, published in 1588. The words are in Renaissance French, which is pronounced slightly differently from modern French. It was written by a priest called Thoinot Arbeau (real name Jehan Tabourot). Whether Arbeau composed the song himself I'm not quite sure ... if he was a priest he probably shouldn't have been asking to baise anyone's bouche, however doucette it was.

What Arbeau left us with is an absolute gift because he arranged it in four-part harmony and even included the drum part. All I had to do was transcribe his original notation into my Mac, then add a bit of contemporary psych-folk weirdness. The vocals are just me in four-part harmony with myself, embellished by Daniel's renaissance guitar at the end.

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Belle qui tiens ma vie
Captive dans tes yeulx
Qui m'as l'ame ravie
D'un soubz-ris gracieux
Viens tost me secourir
Ou me fauldra mourir

Pourquoy fuis tu mignarde
Si je suis pres de toy
Quand tes yeulx je regarde
Je me perds dedans moy
Car tes perfections
Changent mes actions

Tes beautéz et ta grace
Et tes divins propos
Ont eschauffé la glace
Qui me geloit les os
Et ont remply mon cœur
D'une amoureuse ardeur

Approche donc ma belle
Approche toy mon bien
Ne me sois plus rebelle
Puis que mon cœur est tien
Pour mon mal appaiser
Donne moy un baiser

Je meurs mon Angelette
Je meurs en te baisant
Ta bouche tant doucette
Va mon bien ravissant
A ce coup mes espritz
Sont tous d'amour espris

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from Seven Star Green, released August 1, 2009
(traditional)

Rebsie: voices, bodhran and tambourine, midi instruments
Daniel Staniforth: classical guitar
Dick Langford: guitar drones

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Rebsie Fairholm Cheltenham, UK

Haunting psych-folk inspired by the English landscape and the spirits of the ancestors. I play 12-string guitar, harp, piano, cornamuse, whistle and whatever else comes to hand. Now working full time with Marvin B Naylor.

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