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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Rossignolet du bois
 (Sung text for setting by L. Berio)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
rossignolet du bois 
rossignolet sauvage
apprends-moi ton langage 
apprends-moi-z à parler
apprends-moi la manìère 
comment il faut aimer

comment il faut aimer 
je m'en vais vous le dire
faut chanter des aubades 
deux heures après minuit
faut lui chanter: la belle 
c'est pour vous réjouir

on m'avait dit la belle 
que vous avez des pommes
des pommes de renettes 
qui sont dans vot' jardin
permettez-moi la belle 
que j'y mette la main

non je ne permettrai pas 
que vous touchiez mes pommes
prenez d'abord la lune 
et le soleil en main
puis vous aurez les pommes 
qui sont dans mon jardin

Composition:

    Set to music by Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003), "Rossignolet du bois", 1964, from Folk Songs, no. 4, note: arranged for Cathy Berberian

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , "Nightingale", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 101

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