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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

La noël passée
Language: French (Français) 
La Noël passée,
Povret orphelin.
Ma goule affamée,
N'avait plus de pain 
M'en fus sous fenestre
Du bon Roy Henry,
Et lui dis "Mon Maistre,
Oyez bien ceci".

Prenez vos musettes
Et vos épinettes
Jésus, cette nuit,
S'est fait tout petit.

En cette nuitée,
Au vieux temps jadis.
Naquit en Judée,
Un de mes amis 
Avait pour couchette
Une crèche en bois,
Et dans la povrette
Des ramas de pois.

Et de sa chambrette,
Oyant mon récit,
Avecque amourette
Le bon Roy sourit.
Prit en sa cassette
Deux écus dorés;
De sa main doucette
Me les a donnés.

Disant: "Petit ange,
Je suis content,
Afin que tu manges,
Voilà de l'argent 
Pour la douce France
Et son Roy Henry,
Prie avecque instance
Ton petit amy!"

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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "La noël passée", 1946, published 1946 [medium voice and piano], from the collection Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 2 - chansons populaires, no. 1, Boosey & Hawkes [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 125

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