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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)

Ma mie, à son toit fidèle
Language: French (Français) 
Ma mie, à son toit fidèle,
La frétillante hirondelle
Revient du lointain exil.
Déjà le long des rivages
S'égaie un sylphe subtil,
Qui baise les fleurs sauvages:
Voici le printemps d'Avril!

C'est le moment où les fées,
De volubilis coiffées,
Viennent, au matin changeant,
Sur le bord vert des fontaines,
Où court le flot diligent,
Charmer les biches hautaines
De leurs baguettes d'argent.

Elles dansent à l'aurore
Sur l'herbe, où les suit encore
Un troupeau de nains velus.
Ne va pas, enfant sereine,
Au fond des bois chevelus;
Elles te prendraient pour reine,
Et je ne te verrais plus!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Printemps d'avril", written 1860, appears in Améthystes, nouvelles odelettes amoureuses composées sur des rythmes de Ronsard [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 Jules-Alfred Cressonnois (1823 - 1883), "Printemps d'avril", published 1880 [ medium voice and piano ], from Harmonies : 24 Mélodies, Chant & Piano, no. 6, Paris, Éd. F. Schoen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Les fées", 1892, published 1892 [ voice and orchestra ], arranged in 1896 for voice and piano four-hands [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-28
Line count: 21
Word count: 99

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