Re: Ah si mon moine voilait danser

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally Caves" <scaves@...>

> It's such an obvious sexual meaning, no??  :)  The "working mill" is the
> woman's arousal, specifically where she is chiefly aroused.  How to put it
> any less delicately???  "Don't you hear my mill working?"
To go whole hog, here, I think "danser" probably has ulterior connotations
as well.  My fourth heated comment today.  :)  Oh well, I'll be seeing
Fahrenheit 9/11 tonight, so I guess I'll sign off for the evening.

Sally

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Bleackley" <Peter.Bleackley@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 5:29 AM
> Subject: Ah si mon moine voilait danser
>
>
> > I recently went to a Mediaeval Baebes concert, and heard the French folk
> > song named in the title. It's about a woman offering a monk various
> > priestly gifts if he'll dance
> >
> > Ah, si mon moine voilait danser
> > un chapuchon lui donnerai
> >
> > (If the monk would dance, I would give him a hood)
> >
> > There are a couple of lines in the chorus that puzzle me
> >
> > Tu n'entends pas le moulin lon la
> > Tu n'entends pas mon moulin marcher
> >
> > Don't you hear the mill, don't you hear my mill working?
> >
> > Can any francophones tell me the meaning of the mill in the context of
the
> > song?
> >
> > Pete
> >
>