Now playing - Une jeune fillette

I find this popular song of the time of the Renaissance, known also as "La Monica", extraordinarily evocative, whether in its vocal form or in any of the many instrumental arrangements I've heard. Here it is sung gorgeously by two of my favourite singers, Montserrat Figueras and Maria Cristina Kiehr, accompanied by Rolf Lislevand and Jordi Savall:

Une jeune fillette de noble coeur,
plaisante et joliette de grande valeur,
outre son gré on l'a vendue nonnette,
cela point ne luy haite,
donc vit en grand doleur.


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