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by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960)

J'aimais la mère, j'aimais la fille
Language: French (Français) 
J'aimais la mère, j'aimais la fille. 
On est marin, on part longtemps. 
J’aimais la mère en partant ; 
en revenant, j’aimais la fille.

Et voilà-t-y bien des affaires ! 
Qui donc me regarde en souriant ? 
J’suis parti triste, je r’viens content. 
La mère est morte, la fille est mère.

On est marin, on part longtemps. 
Et, tenez, déjà, faut que j’file. — 
« Hé, la ftille ! prépare-moi ta fille ! 
Je r’viendrai la prendre dans quinze ans. »

Faut-y parc’ que j ’vieillis en mer 
et qu’ça lui plaît d’ mourir là-bas, 
que j’ la r ’trouve plus, 
fraîche et rosette, 
quand mon souvenir ne vieillit pas ? 

En voilà-t-y bien des affaires ! 
Qui donc me regarde en souriant ? 
Que qu’ ça vous fait, si j’ m’en vais triste, 
que j’ veuille un peu revenir content ? 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Le Cri du marin", written 1900, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in L'amour et l'aventure, in L'amour marin, in 8. Les chansons au bord de la mer, no. 9, Éd. Flammarion, first published 1900 [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 Henriette Puig-Roget (1910 - 1992), "La Chanson du Marin", 1935, published 1935 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Ballades de Paul Fort, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-05-06
Line count: 21
Word count: 132

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