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by Louis-Alexandre Fortoul (1870 - 1948), as Ludovic Fortolis

La ronde des fées
Language: French (Français) 
Both women's choirs together
 Nous sommes les mignonnes fées, 
 Filles des vents et des lutins,
 Qui dans la brise du matin 
 Baignons nos élytres moirées.
 Aux noirs replis des chemins creux,
 Nous taquinons les amoureux :
 Nous sommes les mignonnes fées.

First choir
 Qui suit là-bas le chemin creux 
 De la venelle ?

Second choir
 Chut ! c'est, je crois, un amoureux 
 Avec sa belle.

First choir
 Cachons-nous au détour du bois,
 Puis hélons-les à pleine voix :

Both
 Holà ! Holà ! Holà ! Holà !
 Les voyez-vous les yeux en quête,
 La fillette a perdu la tête,
 Et lui-même aussi la perdra :
 Holà ! Holà ! Holà ! Holà !

 Dansons la ronde folle
 Des follets, des follets,
 Nargue au couple frivole,
 Qui tombe en nos filets.
 Si l'amour le pénètre,
 L'effroi le glacera,
 Et s'il veut nous connaitre,
 L'écho répètera :
 Nous sommes les mignonnes fées, 
 Holà !

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis-Alexandre Fortoul (1870 - 1948), as Ludovic Fortolis [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 Alexandre Georges (1850 - 1938), "La ronde des fées", 1910?, published 1910 [ women's chorus and piano ], from Légendes norvégiennes, no. 8, Éd. J. Hamelle; note: this is scored for two women's choirs [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-22
Line count: 33
Word count: 137

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