by Louis Étienne Joseph Volny L'Hostelier (flourished 1844-1857)
Les hirondelles
Language: French (Français)
Voltigez hirondelles, Voltigez près de moi, Et reposez vos ailes Au faîte des tourelles, Sans effroi. Voltigez, gracieuses, Et fredonnant l'amour; Que vos plumes soyeuses Touchent, mysterieuses, Mon séjour. Voltigez, je regarde Votre petit bec noir Suspendre à ma mansarde Votre nid qui me garde Chaque soir. Voltigez, hirondelles, Voltigez près de moi...
Authorship:
- by Louis Étienne Joseph Volny L'Hostelier (flourished 1844-1857) [author's text not yet checked 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 Félicien César David (1810 - 1876), "Les hirondelles", 1844, published 1866 [medium voice and piano], Éd. E. Gérard [ sung text checked 1 time]
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