by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Quand Bourbon vit Marseille
Language: French (Français)
Quand Bourbon vit Marseille, Il a dit à ses gens : Vrai Dieu ! quel capitaine Trouverons-nous dedans ? Au mont de la Coulombe Le passage est étroit, Montèrent tous ensemble En soufflant à leurs doigts.
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Confirmed with Victor Hugo, Le roi s’amuse, ed. Eugène Renduel, 1836 in Œuvres complètes de Victor Hugo. Drames, Tome V, p. 121-152.
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, written 1832, appears in Le Roi s'amuse, Acte III scène 3 [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 Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891), "Vieille Chanson", 1882, published 1882 [ baritone and mandolin or piano ], Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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