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by André Alexandre (1860 - 1928)

Là‑bas
Language: French (Français) 
Je vois, en fermant les paupières,
Des horizons doux et lointains ;
Je vois là-bas des houblonnières,
Une montagne aux verts sapins.

Il est assis devant sa porte
Le vieux Hans courbé par les ans,
Mais dont l'âme encor reste forte
Et se souvient de l'ancien temps;

Et les filles, jusqu'en Novembre,
Là-bas tant qu'il germe des fleurs,
Les Dimanches ornent leur chambre 
D'un gros bouquet aux trois couleurs !

Là-bas, là-bas on se rassemble 
Le soir, à l'insu du vainqueur ;
On devise l'on cause en semble
Du pays qui vous tient au coeur:

Un moment la douleur s'apaise,
On rêve d'un plus clair soleil,
Et c'est la retraite Française
Qui berce, Alsace, ton sommeil.

Text Authorship:

  • by André Alexandre (1860 - 1928) [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 Félix-Alfred Fourdrain (1880 - 1923), "Là-bas", c1914, published 1916? [voice and piano], Paris: Ricordi [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-03-26
Line count: 20
Word count: 113

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