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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

La chanson de la gerbe
Language: French (Français) 
Voilà la saint-Jean passée;
Les mois d'aoùt est approchant
Où tous garçons de villages
S'en vont la gerbe battant,
Ho! batteux! battons la gerbe,
Compagnons joyeusement.

Dans la peine, dans l'ouvrage,
Dans les divertissements,
Je n'oubli jamais ma mie:
C'est ma pensée en tout temps,
Ho! batteux! battons la gerbe,
Compagnons joyeusement.

Sans savoir lir'ni écrire,
Nous lisons c'qui est dedans
Il y a dedans ces lettres:
"Aime-moi, je t'aime tant,"
Ho! batteux! battons la gerbe,
Compagnons joyeusement.

Viendra le jour de la noce,
Travaillons en attendant;
Devers la Toussaint prochaine
J'aurai tout contentement.
Ho! batteux! battons la gerbe,
Compagnons joyeusement.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [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 Victor Massé (1822 - 1884), "La chanson de la gerbe" [medium voice and piano], from Chants bretons, no. 4, Éditions Léon Grus [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 101

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