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possibly by Charles François Philibert Masson (1761 - 1807)

Le rossignol
 (Sung text for setting by L. Delibes)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Écoutez la chanson 
du rossignol volage, 
Aux bergers du village.
Il donne la leçon, écoutez ! 
Ah! Écoutez la chanson ! 
Chantons, chantons l'amour.

Tant que le printemps dure, 
Chantons, chantons l'amour.
Tant que le printemps dure, 
Sous la jeune verdure
Et la nuit et le jour,
Chantons, chantons l'amour.

Il revient tous les ans, 
Dit une pastourelle, 
Car la rose nouvelle. 
Renaît chaque printemps. 
Il revient tous les ans. 
Ah ! Non, non… l'amour ne revient pas.
 
Pastourelle frivole. 
L'amour ne revient pas,
Ô pastourelle frivole. 
Dès que l'amour s'envole, 
C'est pour toujours, hélas !
L'amour ne revient pas.

Composition:

    Set to music by Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891), "Le rossignol", published 1885 [ high voice and piano ], from Quinze mélodies, deux chœurs, no. 13, Éd. Hartmann & Cie.

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Charles François Philibert Masson (1761 - 1807), no title, appears in La nouvelle astrée, ou Les aventures romantiques du temps passé, traditions recueillies et publiées par Ch. Fr. Ph. Masson, Metz, Éd. Collignon, An XIII, first published 1805

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