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by Gabriel Vicaire (1849 - 1900)

La Vierge au lavoir
Language: French (Français) 
La Vierge Marie, 
La Mère de Dieu
Sort au matin bleu
De sa métairie, 
Et va sous le pont
Pour laver ses langes 
Tanis que les anges 
Gardent le poupon

Quel plaisir d'entendre
Le battoir d'argent !
Joseph diligent
Se hâte d'étendre
Ruisselante encor
Parmi les prunelles
Et les pimpernelles 
La toile au coins d'or.

Sur la branche claire 
L'oiseau curieux
De ses petits yeux
La regarde faire.
Sous les ais tremblants
La rivière chante
Et sa voix enchante 
Les peupliers blancs

Saint Pierre des cieux
Ouvrez vôtre porte
Voici qu'on apporte 
L'enfant gracieux
Et la vierge blonde
Comme l'Orient
Embrasse en ride
Le maître du monde

P. Viardot-García sets stanzas 1-6, 8-9

Text Authorship:

  • by Gabriel Vicaire (1849 - 1900), "La Vierge au lavoir", subtitle: "Légende", appears in Le Miracle de Saint-Nicolas, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre ; from the prologue, Premier enfant, first published 1888 [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 Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "La Vierge au lavoir", VWV 1025 (1884-1892), stanzas 1-6,8-9 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies suivies d'un duo pour 2 voix égales, no. 5, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-11-07
Line count: 32
Word count: 106

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