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by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)

Ils ont tué trois petites filles
Language: French (Français) 
Ils ont tué trois petites filles
Pour voir ce qu'il y a dans leur cœur.
Le premier était plein de bonheur ;
Et partout où coula son sang,
Trois serpents sifflèrent trois ans.
 
Le deuxième était plein de douceur,
Et partout où coula son sang,
Trois agneaux broutèrent trois ans.
 
Le troisième était plein de malheur,
Et partout où coula son sang,
Trois archanges veillèrent trois ans.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), no title, appears in Quinze Chansons, no. 3 [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 Irène Fuerison (1875 - 1931), "Ils ont tué trois petites filles", subtitle: "D'après Maeterlinck", op. 15 (1915) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958), "Ils ont tué trois petites filles", op. 45 no. 4 (1912), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from 4 Lieds, no. 4, Paris, Éd. S. Chapelier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henri Stierlin-Vallon (1887 - 1952), "Ils ont tué", published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons tristes, 7 poèmes de Maurice Maeterlinck, no. 5, Genève, Ad. Henn [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-30
Line count: 11
Word count: 66

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