Corsican soprano Martha Angelici sings this charming cradle song by Déodat de Séverac. Maurice Faure is the pianist.
Ma poupée chérie ne veut pas dormir!
Petit ange mien, tu me fais souffrir!
Ferme tes doux yeux, tes yeux de saphir,
Dors, poupée, dors, dors! ou je vais mourir.
Il faudrait, je crois, pour te rendre sage,
Un manteau de soie, de riches corsages!
Tu voudrais des roses à ton clair béguin,
Des bijoux d'or fin et mille autres choses!
Ma poupée chérie ne veut pas dormir?
Quand parrain viendra, sur son âne gris,
Il t'apportera de son grand Paris,
Un petit mari qui dira: "Papa"
Et qui dormira quand on le voudra.
Ma poupée chérie vient de s'endormir!
Bercez-la bien doux, ruisseaux et zéphirs!
Et vous chérubins, gardez-la moi bien!
Sa maman jolie l'aime à la folie!
I first heard this lullaby sung by the late Maureen Forrester on her absolutely charming album "Charm of Lullabies". Here's a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiacFUEVUfQ
Tellement de souvenirs qui m'arrachent des larmes d'émotion, feus mon gd'père et mon père me la chantaient, eh oui y a pas que les mamans qui chantent des berceuses. En plus il étaient musiciens et mon papa s'accompagnait de sa mandoline. Merci mille fois.
MarylaHouria 3 months ago
it's the song my mother sing too mee when i"m a kid,and this is a song my grand mother sing to my mother when she's a kid, and this is a song my grand mother listen by her mother when she's a kid....and i thing this song to my little sister...family tradition...it's amazing too see this song here, i have think this song is an invention of my family but not!!! wow! amazing!!! sorry for my english, i'm french.. :)
liliekitsh 3 months ago
@dominiquevialar
Very destructive... My mother also used to sing it to me... It took me decades to realize...
Catycat123123123 5 months ago
Have you seriously LISTENED to the words??"
Ma poupee dors dors ou je vais mourir..."
Try to sing that to your kid and you might see him cry..like I did when my unhappy mom was singing that to me..
dominiquevialar 10 months ago
lovely track and music!
Please let the text stay for 10 sec´s-
Then its easier for us "slow" people to see who is the performers!
:-)
MrDenull 1 year ago