DONNA LOMBARDA (Dame Lombarde)

[Jean Pierre]

It is a song of origin of Piedmont in Italy of the VIth century...
It is Rosmonda's tragic adventure, that, according to the council of his lover, the Greek Longin, prefect of Ravenna, is of use to his husband Elmichi, accomplice with her of a first crime, a poisoned beverage, that the husband challenging the strength to be herself drunk.

She was played splendidly by Pierre Bensusan in 1973

Here , no instrument BIAB,  only guitar in DADGAD tuning

[Hook]

Good stuff,well done.
Rock on!

[Oldrottenhead]

i am rapt! bellissimo!

[Groundy]

Nice one JP,
You never cease to amaze me...
Well done/

Alex

[Blooby]

I just love hearing what happens in that tuning. I'm going to uncover my Bensusan CD's today. Lovely post. Really fine, delicate playing.

Blooby

[Jean Pierre]

thanks all the guys...

Bloody:  I recommend you quite specially Pierre Bensusan's version with a tuning DADGAD the specialist of which happened

When he recorded  this version of " Lady Lombard " in its vinyl  " Près de Paris " in 1976,  Pierre was very young and already very talented

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxVokZPUw08



here,  for you dear friends non French-speaking   lyrics of this song as well as very rough translation by Reverso

allons au bois dame lombarde allons aux bois
nous trouverons le serpent verde nous le tuerons

dans une pinte de vin rouge nous le mettrons
quand ton mari viendra de chasse grand soif aura

tire du vin dame lombarde tire du vin
oh par ma foi mon amant pierre 'y en a de tiré

l'enfant du bré* jamais ne parle a bien parlé
ne buvez pas de ça mon père vous en mourrez

buvez en vous dame lombarde buvez en vous
eh par ma foi mon ami pierre n'ai point de soif

elle n'a pas bu demi verre s'est renversée
elle n'a pas bu le plein verre a trépassé

Let us go to the wood  Lady Lombard,  let us go to wood we shall find the snake verde we shall kill it

In a pint of red wine we shall put it    when your husband will come from hunting big thirst will have

Car of the wine Lady Lombard my lover stone pull some wine,    oh by my faith ' has it it of pulled(fired)

The child of bré*    (bré in old french language is cradle, crib....)  is never speaks spoke well do not drink of that my father you will die from it

Drink in you queen(crown) Lombard drink in you hey by my faith my friend stone am not thirsty

She did not drink half glass she overturned did not drink the full glass died

[ODH]

It's like a glimpse into a world I know too little of.  And I like it.

Very nice.

[danieldesete]

OTD Bump, a medieval rocker, I feel Led Zep vibes !

[Redler]

Thanks for the bump!

Great performance! Yes, a medieval rocker!

[Jean Pierre]

thanks for the Bump Daniel

i like the bump,  they are too many songs in SC ...