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by Louise-Rose Gérard (1866 - 1953), as Rosemonde Gérard

Ce n'est pas la faute à nous deux
Language: French (Français) 
Ce n'est pas la faute à nous deux
Si nous nous aimons de la sorte :
Un jour le dieu des amoureux
De notre cœur força la porte.

Or nous faisons de notre mieux,
Vous et moi, pour que l'intrus sorte ;
Ce n'est pas la faute à nous deux
Si nous nous aimons de la sorte.

Contre un hôte si dangereux
Nul n'osa nous prêter main forte ;
La raison fut sourde a nos vœux,
L'amitié même fit la morte...
Ce n'est pas la faute à nous deux.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rosemonde Gérard, Les Pipeaux, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1889, pages 110-111.


Text Authorship:

  • by Louise-Rose Gérard (1866 - 1953), as Rosemonde Gérard, no title, written 1889, appears in Les pipeaux, in 3. L'éternelle chanson, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1889 [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 Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944), "Malgré nous !", 1893, published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Enoch & Costallat [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jules Mazellier (1879 - 1959), "Ce n'est pas la faute à nous deux" [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Le livre chantant, no. 6, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Albert Wolff (1884 - 1970), "Ce n'est pas la faute à nous deux", published 1924 [ high voice and piano ], from L'Éternelle Chanson, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Enoch & Cie [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 86

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