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by Moreau Delano (flourished c1897?)

Qu'il m'irait bien
Language: French (Français) 
Qu'il m'irait bien, ce ruban vert!
Ce soir à la fête, 
A plus d'une coquette
Le coeur battrait moins fier.
Ainsi ta voix, chérie, 
Exprimait un naïf désir:
Le voilà, douce amie, 
L'amour veut te l'offrir.

Aux tresses de tes beaux cheveux
Que ce réseau s'enlace,
Qu'il brille plein de grâce;
Partout je le suivrai des yeux.
Dans cette foule immense 
Je suis perdu pour toi!
Symbole d'esperance, 
Fais la rêver à moi!

Score in Crawford and Wierzbicki's Music in the United States of America, vol. 12 (Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, American Musicological Society, 2004) lists the text author as Moreau Delano, after an anonymous poet


Text Authorship:

  • by Moreau Delano (flourished c1897?) [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 Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Qu'il m'irait bien", 1901 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 73

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