Vocals & arrangement by Farya Faraji. This is a Breton song from Brittany, France. Often misinterpreted as a drinking song, the lyrics are actually from an old war chant about the Bretons raiding the French and taking their wine, whose taste they preferred to that of their apple-based drinks. I arranged this in modern folk Breton style with a chord progression, a fiddle, the bombarde instrument, and a bagpipe. Lyrics in Breton: Gwell eo gwin gwenn barr Na mouar ! Gwell eo gwin gwenn barr Tan ! tan ! dir ! o! dir ! tan ! tan ! dir ha tan ! Tann ! tann ! tir ha tonn ! tonn ! tann ! tir ha tir ha tann ! Gwell eo gwin a lufr O ! na kufr Gwell eo gwin a lufr Tan ! tan !... Gwell eo gwin ar Gall Nag aval Gwell eo gwin ar Gall Tan ! tan !… Gall, d’id, kef ha deil D’id pez-teil ! Gall, d’id, kef ha deil Tan ! tan !… Gwin gwenn, d’id, Breton A galon ! Gwin gwenn, d’id, Breton Tan ! tan !… Gwin ha goad a red Enn gefred ; Gwin ha goad a red Tan ! tan !… Gwin gwenn ha goad ruz Ha goad druz ; Gwin gwenn ha goad ruz Tan ! tan !… Goad ruz ha gwin gwenn Eunn aouen ! Goad ruz ha gwin gwenn Tan ! tan !… Goad ar C’hallaoued Eo a red ; Goad ar C’hallaoued Tan ! tan !… Goad ha gwin eviz Er gwall vriz ; Goad ha gwin eviz Tan ! tan !… Gwin ha goad a vev Neb a ev ; Gwin ha goad a vev Tan ! tan ! ... English translation: Better white grape wine so ripe! Fire fire, steel oh steel, fire, fire, steel and fire! Oak, oak, earth and waves, earth and earth and oak! Better the new wine, Than mead. Better sparkling wine, Than mead, Better shining wine. Better is the French wine, Red blood and white wine. It's Frenchmen's blood that flows, It's Frenchmen's blood! I drank wine and blood, In the savage battle, I drank wine and blood, Blood and wine nourish, Whosoever drink them, Blood, wine and dance, For you O sun, Blood, wine and dance, And dance and song, O wine, And dance and song! Dance of the sword, In circle, Dance of the sword! Danse de l'épée livide. Feu! feu!... Danse de l'épée sauvage du roi; danse de l'épée sauvage. Feu! feu!... Epée! grand roi sur le champ de bataille; Epée! grand roi. Feu, feu!...