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by Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine (1750 - 1794)

Il pleut, il pleut, bergère
Language: French (Français) 
Il pleut, il pleut, bergère,
Presse tes blancs moutons ;
Allons à ma chaumière,
Bergère, vite allons...

J’entends sur le feuillage
L’eau qui tombe à grand bruit :
Voici venir l’orage,
Viola l’eclair qui luit.

Entends-tu le tonnerre?
Il gronde en approchant,
Prends un abri, bergère,
A moi droite en marchant,

Je vois notre cabane,
Et tiens, voici venir
Ma mère et ma sœur Anne,
Qui vont l’étable ouvrir.

Bon soir, bon soir, ma mère,
Ma sœur Anne, bon soir,
J’amène ma bergère
Près de vous pour ce soir…

Repose-toi me mie,
Auprès de nos tisons ;
Sœur, fais-lui compagnie:
Entrez, petits moutons.

Voici ton lit de mousse,
Dorsy jusqu’à demain…
La nuit est calme et douce,
Rêves tranquillement…

Bon soir, gente bergère,
Ma mère et moi, demain
Nous irons vers ton père,
Lui demander ta main. 

Ah ! Voici le jour, bergère,
Allons, allons, partons.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine (1750 - 1794), "L'hyménée", written 1780 [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 Désiré Émile Inghelbrecht (1880 - 1965), "Il pleut, bergère", subtitle: "L'orage", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano, or chorus a cappella ], from Quatre chansons populaires françaises, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alan Rawsthorne (1905 - 1971), "Il pleut, il pleut, bergère", 1938, published 1938 [ voice and piano ], from Three French Nursery-Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jean-Baptiste Théodore Weckerlin (1821 - 1910), "Il pleut bergère" [ medium voice and piano ], from 25 Mélodies de J.B. Weckerlin, no. 20, transcribed by Louis-Victor Simon; Éd. Durand & Schoenewerck [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-02-03
Line count: 34
Word count: 142

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