The Cooper

,, The fault, beautiful indiscreet one,
,, Is going to give you something to think about;
,, In the harvest, a young girl
,, Often runs more than one danger.

How it is sung! it penetrates me to the bottom of my heart; I must kiss you to reward you. He tries to kiss her.

Our master, there is my mallet coming apart.

Eh, go to the devil with your mallet; fix it.

We will go to the party tomorrow, won't we?

Yes, yes, the two of us, my little one..... but look at this insolent fellow.

Oh! how we will dance, how we will sing, our master; let us try a rigodon a lively dance to get us going. (She takes him by the hand and sings.)

Yes, yes, we will dance tomorrow, for the present I have other things to do. I promised upon returning to go to the neighbor's house to tap a barrel original: "mettre une pièce en perce," meaning to open a cask of wine for consumption; Fanchette, during that time, go knit in the garden, go, my child, go...

But I am fine here:

No, do what I tell you, I have my reasons for that... go, go, my little kitten... You will keep the chickens from scratching in the garden, do you hear? (to Colin.) and you, work, or blast it.