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possibly by Jean Passerat (1534 - 1602) and possibly by François Passerat (c1650 - c1695)

J'ai perdu ma tourterelle
Language: French (Français) 
J'ai perdu ma tourterelle,
N'est-ce point celle que j'oy?
J'ai perdu ma tourterelle,
Je veux aller après elle.

Tu regrettes ta femelle,
Hélas! aussi fais-je moy;
J'ai perdu ma tourterelle,
Je veux aller après elle.

Si ton amour est fidelle,
Aussi est ferme may foy;
J'ai perdu ma tourterelle,
Je veux aller après elle.

En ne voyant plus la belle,
Plus rien de beau je ne voy:
J'ai perdu ma tourterelle,
Je veux aller après elle.

Mort, que tant de fois j'appelle,
Prends ce qui se donne à toy:
J'ai perdu ma tourterelle,
Je veux aller après elle.

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Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Jean Passerat (1534 - 1602) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
  • possibly by François Passerat (c1650 - c1695) [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 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "J'ai perdu ma tourterelle", op. 24 no. 6 [ medium voice and piano ], from Nouvelles chansons du vieux temps, no. 6, Éd. Louis Gregh [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lucien Hillemacher (1860 - 1909) and by Paul Hillemacher (1852 - 1933), "Villanelle" [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 1er volume, no. 11, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-08-06
Line count: 20
Word count: 98

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