Lison guettait une fauvette
Dans un buisson. 
Tout auprès, l'amour en cachette
Guettait Lison. 
L'oiseau s'enfuit; Lise, surprise
Par un amant, 
Au trébuchet se trouva prise,
Ne sais comment.

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• by Antoine de Bertin (1752 - 1790) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869), "Le trébuchet", op. 13 no. 3 (1846) [vocal duet for two equal voices and piano], from Fleurs des Landes, no. 3..
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• GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , title unknown, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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