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by Albert Lozeau (1878 - 1924)

Le raquetteur
Language: French (Français) 
Il a neigé. Les routes blanches
Luisent au beau soleil d’hiver ;
Un blanc velours revêt les branches,
Les vastes champs en sont couverts.
L’air est pur, le ciel, comme une arche,
Courbe sur nous son clair azur ;
La nature invite à la marche
D’un pas rythmé, vif, leste et sûr !
 
Va, cours, vole,
Gai raquetteur au pied léger !
Va, cours, vole,
Sans peur de jamais t’enneiger !
​
À l’infini s’étend la plaine :
Qu’il est doux de la parcourir
D’un pas qui ménage l’haleine,
Sans se hâter ni ralentir !
Ainsi la course vagabonde,
Par les chemins droits ou tournants,
Pourrait conduire au bout du monde,
Si chacun en avait le temps !

Extraits de « Le chant de nos raquetteurs »

Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Lozeau (1878 - 1924) [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 Marie-Claire Saindon (b. 1984), "Le raquetteur", 2023 [ chorus and piano ]
        Publisher: Marie-Claire Saindon [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-12-19
Line count: 21
Word count: 110

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