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by Henri Devain

Petite église
Language: French (Français) 
Petite église, petite église,
Au creux du vallon.
Tu lances dans la brise
Ton joli carillon.
Sonne, Sonne!
Cloche légère,
Ton clair appel à la raison!
Sonne, Sonne!
Notre existence est passagère,
Sonne,
Notre vie est courte saison.

Il nous appelle, il nous appelle
En toute saison,
Soyons toujours fidèle
Au joli carillon.

Aux jours de liesse, aux jours de liesse
C'est un tourbillon,
Il donne l'allégresse
Ton joyeux carillon.

Quand sonne l'heure, quand sonne
l'heure,
Du dernier pardon
Il dit à ceux qui pleurent
Ton pieux carillon, doux carillon.
Vole, vole!
Ame légère,
Du père s'ouvre sa maison!
Vole, vole!
Notre existence est passagère,
Vole,
Notre vie est courte saison.

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Devain  [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 Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Petite église", published 1931 [chorus], from Chansons [First set], no. 2. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]
  • by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Petite église", 1944 [chorus], from the collection Chansons [Second set], no. 2. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-03-28
Line count: 31
Word count: 111

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