Ung mari se voulant coucher - Janequin, Clément

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"This odd narrative plays on two French idiomatic expressions whose usage predates 1500. One is the vulgar use of “maillet” (mallet or hammer) to refer to the male sexual organ. The other is the expression “faire de son poing un maillet,” which means literally “to use one’s fist as a hammer,” but colloquially was an indication that a person did not know the correct use of something. That expression also sometimes appeared in the form of a proverb holding that “Only a fool uses his fist for a hammer.”"

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Chansons

♯ Key G minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/2

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range G2 – D5

¶ Language → French

Measures 35

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 4

CPDL # 22563

Editor Didier Chalu

Posted 2010-11-01

License Public Domain

♫Pitch Ranges

F3 – G4

C3 – E-4

G2 – B-3

¶Lyrics / Text

Ung mari se voulant coucher Avecques sa femme nouvelle S'en vint tout bellement cacher Ung gros maillet en la ruelle. " Hélas, mon amy, ce dist-elle Quel maillet vous voys-je empoigner ? - C'est, ce dist-il, pour mieux coigner ! - J'ay, ce dist-elle, ung peu vescu, Mais coup de maillet n'ay oncq eu. Quand gros Jean me vient besoigner, Il ne me coigne que du cul. "