Ian & Sylvia - V'la l'bon vent (Lyrics) [HD]

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Ian & Sylvia sing the traditional French-Canadian song 'V'la l'bon vent' from their 1963 Vanguard album 'Four Strong Winds'. The lyrics are in the video and below with comments about the song and singers.

Note: Ian & Sylvia made seven Vanguard studio albums with 87 songs from 1962 to 1968. This song is the eighth track on their second album. The next track is 'Royal Canal'.

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V'la l'bon vent (Singers: Ian & Sylvia)

V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'appelle
V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'attends

Derriere chez nous, y a't-un étang
Derriere chez nous, y a-t-un étang
Trois beaux canards s'en vont baignant

V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'appelle
V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'attends

Le fils du roi s'en va chassant
Le fils du roi s'en va chassant
Avec son grand fusil d'argent

V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'appelle
V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'attends

Visa le noir, tua le blanc
Visa le noir, tua le blanc
Et tout's ses plum's s'en vont au vent

V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'appelle
V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'attends

Y sont trois dam's les ramassant.
Y sont trois dam's les ramassant.
Et nous ferons un lit de camp.

V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'appelle
V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'attends

Nous coucherons tous deux dedans,
Nous coucherons tous deux dedans,
Pour y avoir des p'tits enfants.

V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'appelle
V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'attends

V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'appelle
V'la l'bon vent, v'la le joli vent
V'la l'bon vent, m'amie m'attends

Songwriter: Traditional song

[English translation of chorus and first verse]:

[Chorus]
Here's the good wind, here's the pretty wind
Here's the good wind!
My friend is calling me
Here's the good wind, here's the pretty wind
Here's the good wind!
My friend is waiting for me

Behind our place there is a pond
Behind our place there is a pond
Three fine ducks are bathing there

Album Personnel: Ian Tyson - vocals, guitar, Sylvia Fricker - vocals, guitar and autoharp, John Herald - second guitar, Eric Weissberg - bass.

Album liner notes by Pete Welding: V'La L'bon Vent, learned by Ian and Sylvia from Canadian folklorist Marius Barbeau's book Jongleur Songs of Old Quebec, is one of the oldest and best known French Canadian songs. "There are," says the duo, "over one hundred variants of this tune. This particular one is a rowing song but it's extremely doubtful if one could paddle a canoe at our tempo!"

Wikipedia states:

Ian & Sylvia were a Canadian folk and country music duo which consisted of Ian and Sylvia Tyson, née Fricker. They began performing together in 1959, married in 1964, and divorced and stopped performing together in 1975. Ian Tyson, CM, AOE was born in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1933. In his teens, he decided upon a career as a rodeo rider. Recovering from injuries sustained from a fall during the mid-1950s, he started learning guitar. In the late 1950s, he relocated to Toronto, aspiring to a career as a commercial artist. He also started playing clubs and coffeehouses in Toronto. By 1959 he was performing music as a full-time occupation. Sylvia Tyson, née Fricker, CM, was born in Chatham, Ontario, in 1940. While still in her teens, she started frequenting the folk clubs of Toronto.

The two started performing together in Toronto in 1959. By 1962, they were living in New York City, where they caught the attention of manager Albert Grossman, who managed Peter, Paul and Mary and would soon become Bob Dylan's manager. Grossman secured them a contract with Vanguard Records and they released their first album late in the year.