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by Émile Nelligan (1879 - 1941)

Violon de villanelle
Language: French (Français) 
Sous le clair de lune au frais du vallon,
Beaux gars à chefs bruns, belles à chef blond,
Au son du hautbois ou du violon
  Dansez la villanelle.

La lande est noyée en des parfums bons.
Attisez la joie au feu des charbons;
Allez-y gaiement, allez-y par bonds,
  Dansez la villanelle.

Sur un banc de chêne ils sont là, les vieux,
Vous suivant avec des pleurs dans les yeux,
Lorsqu'en les frôlant vous passez joyeux...
  Dansez la villanelle.

Allez-y gaiement ! Que l'orbe d'argent
Croisse sur vos fronts son reflet changeant;
Bien avant dans la nuit, à la Saint-Jean
  Dansez la villanelle!

Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Nelligan (1879 - 1941), "Violon de villanelle", appears in Virgiliennes  [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 Jean Chatillon (1937 - 2019), "Violon de villanelle", 1968 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000), "Violon de villanelle", 1972, from Two French Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 101

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