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by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)

Rougissante et tête baissée
Language: French (Français) 
Rougissante et tête baissée,
Je la vois me sourire encor.
- Pour le doigt de ma fiancée
Qu’on me fasse un bel anneau d’or.

Elle part, mais bonne et fidèle ;
Je vais l’attendre en m’affligeant.
- Pour garder ce qui me vient d’elle
Qu’on me fasse un coffret d’argent.

J’ai sur le coeur un poids énorme ;
L’exil est trop dur et trop long.
- Pour que je me repose et dorme,
Qu’on me fasse un cercueil de plomb.

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Text Authorship:

  • by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "Lied", written 1877, appears in Les Récits et les Élégies, in Élégies, in 2. L'Exilée, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1877 [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 Hermann Bemberg (1861 - 1931), "Lied ancien", 1896, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from 20 Mélodies, no. 13, Éd. Louis Gregh [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anselm Vinée (1847 - 1921), "Lied" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 75

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