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by Charles Cros (1842 - 1888)

L'Orgue
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Sous un roi d'Allemagne, ancien,
Est mort Gottlieb le musicien.
On l'a cloué sous les planches.
Hou ! hou ! hou !
Le vent souffle dans les branches.

Il est mort pour avoir aimé
La petite Rose-de-Mai.
Les filles ne sont pas franches.
Hou ! hou ! hou !
Le vent souffle dans les branches.

Elle s'est mariée, un jour,
Avec un autre, sans amour.
"Repassez les robes blanches!"
Hou ! hou ! hou !
Le vent souffle dans les branches.

Quand à l'église ils sont venus,
Gottlieb à l'orgue n'était plus,
Comme les autres dimanches.
Hou ! hou ! hou !
Le vent souffle dans les branches.

Car depuis lors, à minuit noir,
Dans la forêt on peut le voir
À l'époque des pervenches.
Hou ! hou ! hou !
Le vent souffle dans les branches.

Son orgue a les pins pour tuyaux.
Il fait peur aux petits oiseaux.
Morts d'amour ont leurs revanches.
Hou ! hou ! hou !
Le vent souffle dans les branches.

First appeared in the revue La Parodie, September 1, 1869, with music by Armand Gouzien.


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Cros (1842 - 1888), "L'Orgue", written 1869?, appears in Le Coffret de Santal, in Chansons perpétuelles, no. 3, first published 1869 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Henri-Paul Büsser (1872 - 1973), "L'Orgue", op. 5 no. 3 (1894) [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Chansons perpétuelles de Charles Cros, no. 3, Éd. Léon Grus [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944), "L'Orgue", published 1901 [ low voice and piano ], Éd. Enoch [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Armand Gouzien (1839 - 1892), "L'Orgue", 1869?, published 1869 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Louise-Marie Simon (1903 - 1990), as Claude Arrieu, "L'Orgue", published 1957 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], Paris, Éd. Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "The Organ", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-10-01
Line count: 30
Word count: 149

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