''La Jument de Michao'' ("Michao's mare" in French) or ''Le Loup, le Renard et la Belette'' ("The Wolf, the Fox and the Weasel") is a recent (1973) Breton adaptation of two different Western French traditional songs, also found in

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, the original one may be a medieval French song of Burgundy origin: '' J'ai vu le loup, le renard, le lièvre''. The integration in the Breton patrimony was made under the shape of a song deduct (ten to one couplet) typical of

Upper Brittany Upper Brittany (french: Haute-Bretagne; br, Breizh-Uhel; Gallo: ''Haùtt-Bertaèyn'') is the eastern part of Brittany, France, which is predominantly of a Romance culture and is associated with the Gallo language. The name is in counterpoint to ...

(in

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), but in other French regions too. The music dances on the rhythm of the ''

An dro An dro or ''en dro'' ( Breton: "The Turn") is a Breton folk dance in . It is a form of a circle dance. Technique The dancers link little fingers in a long line, swinging their arms, and moving to their left by taking longer steps in that direc ...

'' (

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), one of the most known Breton round dances. It is about a parody of liturgical '' Dies Irae'', whose origin would go back up to the fifteenth century in the country of

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and of which there are numerous variants in the

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. The lyrics talk about the mare of Michao (Gallo for Michael) who ate all the hay and will not pass winter ; they are blended with references to other animals (wolf, fox and weasel).

Lyrics

;French C'est dans dix ans je m'en irai
J'entends le loup et le renard chanter J'entends le loup, le renard et la belette
J'entends le loup et le renard chanter C'est dans neuf ans je m'en irai
La jument de Michao a passé dans le pré La jument de Michao et son petit poulain
A passé dans le pré et mangé tout le foin L'hiver viendra les gars, l'hiver viendra
La jument de Michao, elle s'en repentira ... ;English In ten years, I'll go away
I hear the wolf and the fox singing I hear the wolf, the fox and the weasel
I hear the wolf and the fox singing In nine years, I'll go away
Michao's mare went through the meadow Michao's mare and its little foal
Went through the meadow and ate up all the hay Winter will come, guys, winter will come
Michao's mare will regret it ...

Records

* Kouerien (1973) *

Tri Yann Tri Yann () is a French band from Nantes who play folk rock music drawing on traditional Breton folk ballads. The band was founded in 1969 by Jean Chocun, Jean-Paul Corbineau and Jean-Louis Jossic – all of whom remained members – hence th ...

(1976, ''La Découverte ou l'Ignorance'') * Dao Dezi (1994) *

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(2003, ''Viens dans ma maison'') * Saltatio Mortis (2009, ''Wer Wind sät'') *

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(2010, ''Amzer An Dispac'h'') *

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(2010, '' Bretonne'') *

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(2012, ''Luxtos'', album ''Helvetios'') * Laïs (2002, "Le renard et la belette", album "Dorothea") *

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(2016, ''Wolf An Dro '', album ''Prayer'')

Adaptations

* Manau (1998, '' Mais qui est la belette ?'') *

Gilles Servat Gilles Servat is a French singer, born in Tarbes in southern France in 1945, into a family whose roots lay in the Nantes region of Brittany. He is an ardent promoter ardent of the Breton culture, and sings in both French and Breton, as well as ...

(2011, ''La Manju de Chomi'', album ''Ailes et îles'') *

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(2012, Le Bal des Enfoirés) *

(2012, ''Luxtos'',

Helvetios ''Helvetios'' is the fifth studio album by Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie. The album was released 10 February 2012 through Nuclear Blast. The CD was recorded at New Sound Studio in Pfäffikon, a municipality in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerl ...

album)

References

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Tri Yann, Live La jument de Michao, 1999

Nolwenn Leroy, Clip La jument de Michao, 2010
Breton songs French folk songs Songs about wolves Songs about horses Songs about foxes Year of song unknown {{1970s-song-stub

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