Re Gilardin - Clerk Colvill

Re Gilardin

Re Gilardin, lü ‘l va a la guera,
Lü el va la guera a tirar di spada. (bis)

O quand ‘l’è stai mità la strada,
Re Gilardin ‘l’è restai ferito.

Re Gilardin ritorna indietro,
Dalla sua mamma vò ‘ndà a morire.

O tun tun pica a la porta.
“O mamma mia che mi son morto.”

“O pica pian caro ‘l mio figlio,
Che la to dona ‘l g’à ‘n picul fante.”

“O madona la mia madona
Cosa vol dire ch’i cantan tanto?”

“O nuretta, la mia nuretta,
I g’fan ‘legria ai soldati.”

“O madonna, la mia madona,
Disem che moda ho da vestirmi?”

“Vestiti di rosso, vestiti di nero,
Che le brunette stanno più bene.”

O quand l’è stai ‘nt l üs de la chiesa,
D’un cirighello si l’à incontrato:
“Bundì bongiur an vui vedovella.”

“O no no no che non son vedovella,
‘g ő ‘l fante in cüna e ‘l marito in guera.”

“O si si si che voi sei vedovella,
Vostro marì l’è tri dì che ‘l fa terra.”

“O tera o tera apriti ‘n quatro,
Volio vedere il mio cuor reale.”

“La tua boca la sa di rose,
‘nvece la mia la sa di terra.”
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Clerk Colvill

Clerk Colvill and his lusty dame
Were walking in the garden green;
The belt around her stately waist
Cost Clerk Colvill of pounds fifteen.

"O promise me now, Clerk Colvill,
Or it will cost ye muckle strife,
Ride never by the wells of Slane,
If ye wad live and brook your life."

"Now speak nae mair, my lusty dame,
Now speak nae mair of that to me;
Did I neer see a fair woman,
But I wad sin with her body?"

He's taen leave o his gay lady,
Nought minding what his lady said,
And he's rode by the wells of Slane,
Where washing was a bonny maid.

"Wash on, wash on, my bonny maid,
That wash sae clean your sark of silk;"
"And weel fa you, fair gentleman,
Your body whiter than the milk."

Then loud, loud cry'd the Clerk Colvill,
"O my head it pains me sair;"
"Then take, then take," the maiden said,
"And frae my sark you'll cut a gare."

Then she's gied him a little bane-knife,
And frae her sark he cut a share;
She's ty'd it round his whey-white face,
But ay his head it aked mair.

Then louder cry'd the Clerk Colville,
"O sairer, sairer akes my head;"
"And sairer, sairer ever will,"
The maiden crys, "till you be dead."

Out then he drew his shining blade,
Thinking to stick her where she stood,
But she was vanished to a fish,
And swam far off, a fair mermaid.

"O mother, mother, braid my hair;
My lusty lady, make my bed;
O brother, take my sword and spear,
For I have seen the false mermaid.”

What happened to Re Gilardin while he was going to the war?
1. He met his lady.
2. He was hurt.
3. He died.
What did his mother say to Re Gilardin?
1. That his lady was expecting a child.
2. That she was angry with him.
3. That his child was born.
How should he have dressed himself?
1. Blue.
2. Red or black.
3. White.
Who did Re Gilardin's wife meet?
1. She met her mother.
2. She met her husband.
3. She met an altar-boy.
What did the altar-boy say to Re Gilardin's wife?
1. She was beautifull.
2. Her husband died.
3. Her mother was ill.
What did the wife want at the end?
1. She wanted to see her true love.
2. She wanted to die.
3. She wanted to go away.
What does " ' nvece la mia la sa di terra" mean?
1. That he is buried.
2. That he is sad.
3. That he fell down.
How many characters are there in this ballad?
1. 2
2. 4
3. 1
What does "g ő ‘l fante in cüna e ‘l marito in guera" mean?
1. She has a child and her husband is dead.
2. Her child is dead with her husband.
3. She is expecting a child and her husband is at war.
What does "Volio vedere il mio cuor reale" mean?
1. She wants to see her husband that is dead.
2. She wants to see her boyfriend.
3. She wants to be happy without her husband.
Where are Clerk Colville and his dame walking?
1. In a street.
2. In the garden green.
3. In a wood.
What does he promise to his lady?
1. That he will never ride by the wells of Slane.
2. That he will always love her.
3. That he will come back soon.
Does he listen to the advise of his lady?
1. We don't know.
2. Yes.
3. No, he rides by the wells of Slane.
Who does he meet at the wells of Slane?
1. His mother.
2. Bonny maid.
3. His lady.
What is the bonny maid doing?
1. She is washing a red skirt.
2. She is singing.
3. She is washing a sack.
Why does he cry?
1. He has a headache.
2. His lady has died.
3. He hurts himself.
What does the bonny maid do for Clerk colville's headache?
1. She stops singing.
2. She gives him a potion.
3. She ties a part of skart round his head.
Who is the bonny maid really?
1. Clerk Colvill's mother
2. Clerk Colvill's wife
3. A false mermaid.
Where is the ballad set?
1. Near the wells of Slane.
2. In a house.
3. Near the forest.
How many characters are there?
1. 2
2. 3
3. 5