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by Marc Jean Louis Fournier (1818 - 1879)

Elle avait des yeux d'or
Language: French (Français) 
Elle avait des yeux d'or, 
Des rubis en couronne, 
La belle fée Mélior, 
La belle fée Mélior. 

De la blanche Île-Dieu
Mélior était baronne, 
Et dame de haut lieu,
Et dame de haut lieu. 

Mais au fond de la mer 
Mélior avait un trône 
De velours et de fer,
De velours et de fer. 

Elle attirait les gars,
Les plus beaux gars d'Olonne,
Au feu de ses regards, 
Au feu de ses regards.

Mélior les emportait,
Et la marée d'automne,
Pâles les rapportait,
Pâles les rapportait.

Les gars en déconfort
N'avaient trouvé personne,
Personne que la Mort,
Personne que la Mort.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Le monde et la comédie par Marc Fournier, Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1881, pages 37-38.


Text Authorship:

  • by Marc Jean Louis Fournier (1818 - 1879), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Napoléon-Henri Reber (1807 - 1880), "La fée Mélior" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-09-06
Line count: 24
Word count: 101

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