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by Émile Barateau (1792 - 1870)

Magdeleine
Language: French (Français) 
Croyez-moi, quand Magdeleine
Était bien pauvre en ces lieux,
Sous un simple habit de laine,
Je la trouvais cent fois mieux!

Riche dame,
Elle est femme
Du seigneur de ce château;
Et l'hermine,
Douce et fine,
Lui sert de brillant manteau!
Croyez-moi, quand Magdeleine...

Les dentelles
Les plus belles
Vont lui servant tous les jours;
Robe blanche,
Le dimanche,
Était ses plus beaux atours!
Ah! croyez-moi, quand Magdeleine...

Elle est fière!
À lui plaire
Va, dit-on, cherchant le Roi!
Ah! s'il l'aime,
Le Roi même,
L'aim t'il autant que moi?
Ah! croyez-moi, quand Magdeleine...

Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Barateau (1792 - 1870) [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 Félicien César David (1810 - 1876), "Magdeleine", subtitle: "Chant du moyen-âge", 1846, published 1866 [high voice and piano], Éd. E. Gérard [ 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: 25
Word count: 94

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