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by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)

Si Lilla voulait me promettre
Language: French (Français) 
Si Lilla voulait me promettre
De m'ouvrir quand la nuit viendra,
Je l'épouserais bien sans prêtre,
Quitte à sauter par la fenêtre
Quand sa mère s'éveillera.

Sommes-nous donc de vieilles femmes
Qui toujours tremblent pour leurs os
Et, de peur du diable et des flammes,
Attendent que leurs vieilles âmes
Sortent par dégoût de leurs peaux?
Moi, sur la planche de ma bière,
Je souperais avec Lilla.

Par la fressure du saint-père !
Un homme peut casser son verre,
Quand il a bu de ce vin-là.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), no title, written 1831?, appears in Suzon, conte en vers, first published 1831 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Jean-Paul Mariage (1881 - 1966), "Toast à Suzon", 1908?, published [1908] [ baritone and piano ], Paris, Éd. F. Laurens [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Pessard (1843 - 1917), "Lilla", 1873, published 1873 [ medium voice and piano ], from Joyeusetés de bonne compagnie, recueillies et mises en musique, no. 9, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-01-15
Line count: 15
Word count: 85

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