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by Jacques Clary Jean Normand (1848 - 1931)

Berceuse
Language: French (Français) 
Petit pied, petit pied rose
De mon enfant endormi,
Toi qui ne tiens qu'à demi
Quand par terre je te pose,
Alors que tu marcheras
Petit pied, petit pied rose,
Alors que tu marcheras
Qui sait où tu passeras?

Petit pied, petit pied rose,
La vie est un sentier noir
Où du matin jusqu'au soir
A tomber chacun s'expose ;
Bravement et sans broncher,
Petit pied, petit pied rose,
Bravement et sans broncher
Tâche d'y toujours marcher.

Petit pied, petit pied rose,
Si quelque ronce en chemin
Souille d'un rouge carmin
Ton satin de fleur éclose,
Pense que je suis toujours,
Petit pied, petit pied rose,
Pense que je suis toujours
Prête à te porter secours.

Petit pied, petit pied rose,
Bientôt tu vas me quitter :
Pourquoi ne peux-tu rester,
Ignorant en toute chose ?
Et sans chagrin ni douleur,
Petit pied, petit pied rose,
Et sans chagrin ni douleur,
Dormir ainsi sur mon cœur?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Guiraud 

E. Guiraud sets stanzas 1, 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Jacques Clary Jean Normand (1848 - 1931), "Berceuse", appears in À tire-d'aile. Poésies, in 1. Rimes éparses, no. 8, first published 1878 [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 Irène Fuerison (1875 - 1931), "Berceuse", op. 6 (1908) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernest Guiraud (1837 - 1892), "Berceuse", stanzas 1,4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by René Lenormand (1846 - 1932), "Berceuse", op. 14 (Quinze Mélodies) no. 6 (<<1880) [ medium voice and piano ], Édition J. Maho, J. Hamelle, Successeur [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-20
Line count: 32
Word count: 153

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