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by Léon Montenaeken (1859 - 1950)
Translation by Edward Frederick Lockton (1876 - 1940), as Edward Teschemacher

Life is vain
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
This life is weary
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Text Authorship:

Based on:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Ellen Riley (d. 1904), as Ellen Wright, "Life is vain", published 1902 [ voice and piano ], London : G. Ricordi & Co.

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