Chaumière, vos parures sont marguerites, roses: à vos pieds ces blancheurs, et sur vous ces couleurs. Chaumière, la nature est bonne à quelque chose: elle abrite os coeurs dans un bouquet de fleurs. Chaumière, cela dure autant que le bonheur.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Notre chaumière en Yveline", written 1916, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La tourangelle, in 3. Deux Chaumières au pays de l’Yveline [later: Deux chaumières et deux cœurs], in 4. Aux amis des livres, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Librairie Monnier, first published 1916 [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 André Caplet (1879 - 1925), "Notre chaumière en Yveline", 1920, published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq ballades françaises de Paul Fort, no. 3, Paris, Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "Notre chaumière en Yveline", 1933, published 1934 [ medium voice and piano ], from Dix poèmes pour chant et piano, no. 3, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Our cottage in Yveline", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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