by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Aime moi, bergère
Language: French (Français)
Aime moi, bergère, Et je t'aimerai ; Ne sois point légère, Je ne le serai : Ah ! que l'amour est gai Le joli mois de mai. Mon cœur et ma vie Je te donnerai, Jamais d'autre amie Je ne servirai. Ah ! Que l'amour est gai Le joli mois de mai. Dans ce vert bocage Je te mènerai, Cent fois à l'ombrage Je te baiserai. Ah ! Que l'amour est gai Le joli mois de mai. De nos amourettes Je te parlerai, Et sur les fleurettes Je te jeterai. Ah ! Que l'amour est gai Le joli mois de mai.
R. Quilter sets stanzas 1-2
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Bulletins de la Société des Compositeurs de Musique, 1re Année, Paris, 1863, page 230.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, written <<1613 [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 Ivar Hallström (1826 - 1901), "Musette", 1855 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Lefèvre (flourished 17th century), "Aime-moi, bergère" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Joli moi de mai", published 1947, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], from The Arnold Book of Old Songs, no. 11, London, Boosey & Hawkes, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Roger Quilter.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-01-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 95
Pretty month of May
Language: English after the French (Français)
Will you love me, pretty one As I love thee? I'll be true and loving If you're true to me. Ah! love is sweet and gay, The pretty month of May! Now my own, my dearest, You have all my heart; We will love forever, Nevermore to part. Ah! love is sweet and gay, The pretty month of May! [... ... ... ... ... ...] [... ... ... ... ... ...]
R. Quilter sets stanzas 1-2
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , written <<1613
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Pretty month of May", published 1947, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], from The Arnold Book of Old Songs, no. 11, London, Boosey & Hawkes, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-01-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 59