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by Alfred Tranchant (1829 - 1917)

Madeleine
Language: French (Français) 
Elle est gentille, Madeleine,
Avec ses vingt ans,
Et trouvera, certes sans peine,
Bien des prétendants.

Elle est si bonne, Madeleine !
Celui qui l'aura,
J'en réponds, d'une riche aubaine
Se réjouira.

Serait-ce une illusion vaine,
Quand je crois voir
Soupirer prés de Madeleine
Le cœur plein d'espoir ?

Main non ... les yeux de Madeleine
Ont lu dans ses yeux ...
Et leur âme se rassérène
Dans les mêmes vœux !

Déjà la main de Madeleine
A touché sa main.
Dieu bénisse la douce chaîne
D'un heureux hymen !

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Tranchant (1829 - 1917) [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 Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Madeleine", 1892, published 1892 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-03-29
Line count: 20
Word count: 84

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