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by Antoine Carteret (1813 - 1889)

Petit enfant
 (Sung text for setting by E. Tinel)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Petit enfant, déjà la brune 
Autour de la maison s'étend. 
On doit dormir quand vient la lune,
  Petit enfant.

Petit enfant, dans la chaumière,
Les moutons rentrent en bêlant ;
De tes yeux bleus clos la paupière, 
  Petit enfant. 

Petit enfant, rêve aux pervenches 
Qu'on trouve le long du torrent,
Rêve aux jolis oiseaux des branches,
  Petit enfant.

Petit enfant, dors sans alarmes,
Mais, si quelque frayeur te prend,
Ta mère sèchera tes larmes,
Petit, petit enfant ! 

Composition:

    Set to music by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854 - 1912), "Petit enfant", op. 40 (Six Mélodies pour chant et piano = Zes Melodiën voor Zang & Piano) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel

Text Authorship:

  • by Antoine Carteret (1813 - 1889), "Petit enfant"

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2018-11-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

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