Ils ont choisi la mer, ils ne reviendront plus, Et puis, s'ils vous reviennent, les reconnaîtrez vous? La mer les a masqués, avant de vous les rendre. On ne sait s'ils sourient, ou s'ils pleurent sous leur hâle. Et ils n'ont plus leur âme, elle est restée en mer. Que la mer est ardente, empressée au butin! Is ne reviendront plus, Ils ont choisi la mer Et puis, s'ils revenaient, seraient ils revenus? Ils ont choisi la mer.... Ils ont choisi la mer.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "La chanson des marins hâlés", written 1900, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in L'amour et l'aventure, in L'amour marin, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Mercure de France, first published 1900 [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 Henriëtte Bosmans (1895 - 1952), "La chanson des marins hâlés", 1949 [ medium voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies, no. 1, Amsterdam, Éd. Broekmans en Van Poppel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Maurice Franck (b. 1897), "La chanson des marins hâlés", published 1950 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Éd. Salabert [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865 - 1950), "La chanson des marins hâlés", copyright © 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Rondes et ballades françaises, no. 4, Genève : Édition Henn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "La Chanson des Marins hâlés", published 1926 [ high voice and piano ], from Chants de la mer et des Villages, no. 14, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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