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by Jean Bellon (1867 - 1914), as Jean Thys

Le furet du bois joli
Language: French (Français) 
Il court, il court le furet,
Le furet du bois joli, mes dames,
Il court, il court le furet.

Gardez-vous de le prendre aux rêts
De vos charmes;
En se dèbattant; il pourrai
Vous mordre aux larmes!

Quand le bonheur qu'il donne est vain,
Pourquoi songer à ce vilain?
Laissez-le fuir parmi les vertes
Forêts obscures et désertes.

On pleure, tant parfois
D'avoir touche du doigt son rêve
Le bonheur en chagrin s'achève,
Hélas! plus souvent qu'on ne croit:
Il faut laisser courir au bois
Le furet pourteur de joies brèves.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Bellon (1867 - 1914), as Jean Thys [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 Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Le furet du bois joli", 1896 [medium voice and piano], Éd. E. Baudoux & Cie [ 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: 17
Word count: 91

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