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by (Julien) Auguste Plage Brizeux (1803?6 - 1858)

La chanson de Marie
Language: French (Français) 
Hélas! je sais un chant d'amour,
Triste et gai tour à tour.

Cette chanson douce à l'oreille,
Pour le coeur n'a pas sa pareille.
Hélas! je sais un chant d'amour,
Triste et gai tour à tour.

J'avais douze ans lorsqu'en Bretagne
Je l'entendis sur la montagne.
Hélas! je sais un chant d'amour,
Triste et gai tour à tour.

Avec un air, une parole,
Ainsi l'exilé se console.
Hélas! je sais un chant d'amour,
Triste et gai tour à tour.

Bien heureux les pâtres, mes frères,
Et les oiseaux de nos bruyères.
Hélas! je sais un chant d'amour,
Triste et gai tour à tour.

Text Authorship:

  • by (Julien) Auguste Plage Brizeux (1803?6 - 1858) [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 Victor Massé (1822 - 1884), "La chanson de Marie", 1853 [medium voice and piano], from Chants bretons, no. 8, Éditions Léon Grus [ 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: 18
Word count: 103

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