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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Les trois habillements
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Un jeun' militaire, 
Revenant de guerre, 
Cherchant ses amours; 
S'il les a tant cherchées, 
Les a bien trouvées 
Au fond d'une tour.

«Ah! dis-moi, la belle, 
Qui t'a renfermée 
Dedans cette tour?» 
«Oh! C'est mon très cher pèr' 
Qui me tient prisonnière 
Dedans cette tour.» 

Son père en colère 
La prend et l'emmène, 
Dans l'eau l'a jetée, 
Mais le galant aimable 
Se mit à la nage, 
L'en a retirée.

La première ville, 
Son amant l'habille 
Tout en satin blanc; 
A la deuxième ville, 
Son amant l'habille 
En or, en argent;

La troisième ville, 
Son amant l'habille 
En épousement, 
En lui disant: «Ma mie, 
Viens je t'en supplie 
A mon beau régiment!» 

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 Vincent d'Indy (1851 - 1931), "Les trois habillements", op. 90 no. 5 (1927) [ voice and piano ], from Six chants populaires français (Set 1), no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "The three sets of clothing", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-07-09
Line count: 30
Word count: 111

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