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by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly (1763 - 1842)

Air: J'ai quitté la montagne
Language: French (Français) 
  Fanchon, va par la ville, 
  Pour tromper tes chagrins 
  Gaiment d'un vaudeville 
  Répéter les refrains ;
Que ton pauvre cœur oublie 
  Les maux de ce jour ;
Conserve au moins ta folie, 
  Si tu perds l'amour. 
D'une destinée inhumaine 
  C'est par trop souffrir,
Prends ta vielle, et bannis la peine
  En chantant le plaisir.

Confirmed with Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, Fanchon la Vielleuse, Paris, 1803, page 56.


Text Authorship:

  • by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly (1763 - 1842), "Air: J'ai quitté la montagne", appears in Fanchon la Vielleuse [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):

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August von Kotzebue (1761 - 1819) , no title, appears in Fanchon das Leyermädchen - Vaudeville in drei Acten ; composed by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel.
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