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by Joseph Dieudonné Tagliafico (1821 - 1900)

Le bal
Language: French (Français) 
Tra la la…
Viens, la jeune belle,
Blonde aux yeux si doux,
Viens, le bal nous appelle,
Vite au rendez-vous !

Entends-tu la valse? prends mon bras,
Sans nous l’on dansera là bas !
Ah ! Non, je ne veux pas, la la…

Tra la la…
Viens, la jeune belle,
Blonde aux yeux si doux,
Viens faut-il, ma cruelle,
Etre à tes genoux?

On m’a dit pourtant, j’en suis certain,
Oui nous nous marierons demain;
Ah ! Vite prends ma main, la la…

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Dieudonné Tagliafico (1821 - 1900) [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 Jean-Baptiste Théodore Weckerlin (1821 - 1910), "Le bal" [ voice and piano ], from Airs Suédois et Norvégiens, no. 3, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel & Cie., also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886) ; composed by Jean-Baptiste Théodore Weckerlin.
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This text was added to the website: 2025-03-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

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