Noël Est Arrivée/Gavotte (live)

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Once upon a time Ottawa had the Ottawa Folklore Centre, a fabulous people-oriented business founded by Arthur McGregor. For a couple of years they put on an annual Christmas benefit for charity featuring local artists and at least a couple of incarnations of my early band Wickentree played at them.
I don't have any photos from this gig. I don't even have a Christmas-y photo, or many photos at all from this time, or even one featuring the whole line-up for this particular gig (missing here is Jon Goodman).
The song is an old traditional French song that we got from a band called Malicorne. We tacked on one of the innumerable traditional French tunes called Gavotte to give the song a bit of a lift at the end.

lyrics

refrain:
la jambe me fait mal, boute selle, boute selle
la jambe me fait mal, boute a selle à mon cheval

tous les bergers, étant sur la montagne
tous les bergers, on vu un messager
qui leur a dit, mettez-vous en campagne
qui leur a dit, Nöel est arrivée
refrain

un gros berger, qui fait seul le voyage
un gros berger, s’en va à petits pas
s’est retourné, au bruit de mes paroles
je lui ai dit, Nöel est arrivée
refrain

réveillez-vous, mettez-vous en fenêtre
réveillez-vous, sortez de vos maisons
venez tous voir, l’enfant qui vient de naître
réveillez-vous, Nöel est arrivée
refrain

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released December 22, 2021
Charles de Lint - vocals, bouzouki, fiddle
Nathan Curry - fiddle, vocals
Graham Pilkington - guitar, vocals
Jon Goodman - Uillean pipes

Tamson House Records

Traditional.
Dubbed from an FM broadcast recorded at the Ottawa Follkore Centre Christmas Benefit, High School of Commerce, Ottawa, ON, Dec 16, 1978

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Charles de Lint Ottawa, Ontario

A full-time writer and musician, this author of more than eighty adult, young adult, and children’s books has won the World Fantasy, Aurora, Sunburst, and White Pine awards, among others. Modern Library's Top 100 Books of the 20th Century poll, voted on by readers, put eight of de Lint's books among the top 100. De Lint is also a poet, artist, songwriter, performer and folklorist. ... more

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