C'était un jour de printemps,
Quand je revins au village,
Les oiseaux dans le feuillage
Souriaient à mes vingt ans :
J'aperçois la maisonnette
Parmi les lilas en fleurs,
J'écoute on versait des pleurs !
Pauvre Colinette !

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• by Jean-Baptiste Théodore Weckerlin (1821 - 1910), "Pauvre Colinette", published [1872] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel
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