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by Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780 - 1857)

Si j'étais petit oiseau
 (Sung text for setting by C. Unger)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Moi qui, même auprès des belles,
voudrais vivre en passager,
que je porte envie aux ailes
de l'oiseau vif et léger !
Combien d'espace il visite !
à voltiger tout l'invite:
l'air est doux, le ciel est beau.
Je volerais vite, vite, vite,
si j'étais petit oiseau.
 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Caroline Unger (1803 - 1877), as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher, "Si j'étais petit oiseau", published [c1864], lines 1-9 [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder, Mélodies et Stornelli, no. 34, Leipzig: C.G. Röder; note: the score misattributes the text to G. de Massia

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780 - 1857), "Si j'étais petit oiseau"

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-24
Line count: 54
Word count: 256

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