C'est l'aviron

"Folksongs of Quebec"

|: M'en revenant de la jolie Rochelle, :| J'ai rencontré trois jolies demoiselles. Refrain: |: C'est l'aviron qui nous mène, qui nous mène, C'est l'aviron qui nous mène en haut. :| 2. |: J'ai rencontré trois jolies demoiselles; :| J'ai point choisi, mais j'ai pris la plus belle. Refrain: 3. |: J'ai point choisi, mais j'ai pris la plus belle; :| J'l'y fis monter derrièr' moi, sur ma selle. Refrain: 4. |: J'l'y fis monter derrièr' moi, sur ma selle; :| J'y fis cent lieues sans parler avec elle. Refrain: 5. |: J'y fis cent lieues sans parler avec elle; :| Au bout d'cent lieues, ell' me d'mandit à boire. Refrain: 6. |: Au bout d'cent lieues, ell' me d'mandit à boire; :| Je l'ai menée auprès d'une fontaine. Refrain: 7. |: Je l'ai menée auprès d'une fontaine; :| Quand ell' fut là, ell' ne voulut point boire. Refrain: 8. |: Quand ell' fut là, ell' ne voulut point boire; :| Je l'ai menée au logis de son père. Refrain: 9. |: Je l'ai menée au logis de son père; :| Quand ell' fut là, ell' buvait à pleins verres. Refrain: 10. |: Quand ell' fut là, ell' buvait à pleins verres; :| A la santé de son père et sa mère. Refrain: 11. |: A la santé de son père et sa mère; :| A la santé de ses soeurs et ses frères. Refrain: 12. |: A la santé de ses soeurs et ses frères; :| A la santé d'celui que son coeur aime. Refrain: English verses similar to E. F. Fowke 1. |: Riding along the road from Rochelle city, :| I met three girls and all of them were pretty. Refrain: |: Pull on the oars as we glide along together, :| Pull on the oars as we glide along. 2. |: I met three girls and all of them were pretty; :| By chance I chose the one who was the beauty. Refrain: 3. |: By chance I chose the one who was the beauty; :| Lifted her up so she could ride beside me. Refrain: 4. |: Lifted her up so she could ride beside me; :| With ne'er a word we rode along together. Refrain: 5. |: With ne'er a word we rode along together; :| After a while, she said "I would like a drink, sir." Refrain: 6. |: After a while, she said "I would like a drink, sir." :| Quickly I found a spring from out the mountain. Refrain: 7. |: Quickly I found a spring from out the mountain; :| But she'd not drink the water from the fountain. Refrain: 8. |: But she'd not drink the water from the fountain; :| So, on we rode, to find her home and father. Refrain: 9. |: So, on we rode, to find her home and father; :| When we got there she drank, but not of water. Refrain: 10. |: When we got there she drank, but not of water; :| She toasted her father and her dear old mother. Refrain: 11. |: She toasted her father and her dear old mother; :| Toasted again her sister and her brother. Refrain: 12. |: She toasted again her sister and her brother; :| Turning to me, she toasted her own lover. Refrain: