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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Eho! Eho!
Language: French (Français) 
Eho! Eho! Eho! Les agneaux vont aux plaines,
Eho! Eho! Eho! Et les loups vont aux bois.

Tant qu'aux bords des fontaines
Ou dans les frais ruisseaux,
Les blancs moutons s'y baignent,
Y dansant au pré-au.

Mais queuq'-fois par vingtaine
Y s'éloign' des troupeaux,
Pour aller sous les chênes,
Aux herbages nouveaux.

Et les ombres lointaines
Leur-z'y cach' leurs bourreaux,
Malgré leurs plaintes vaines,
Les loups mang' les angneaux.

T'es mon agneau, ma reine.
Les grand' vill' c'est le bois,
Par ainsi Madeleine,
T'en vas pas loin de moi!

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Eho! Eho!", 1946, published 1946, orchestrated 1948 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 2 - chansons populaires, no. 7, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Armand Gouzien (1839 - 1892), "Ého ! ého !", subtitle: "Chanson bourguignonne", 1888, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Les plus jolis Chansons du Pays de France, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Plon, Nourrit & Cie [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 89

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