David Solomons

singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer

Les douleurs du jeune Werther - voice and guitar chords

SM-000182742
Alternative title
Die Leiden des jungen Werthers en français
Composer
David W Solomons
Lyricist
William Makepeace Thackeray
Translator
David W Solomons
Publisher
David W Solomons
Genre
Classical / Song
Instrumentation
Voice
Type of score
Lead sheet
Duration
1'10"
Language
French
Difficulty
Easy
Year of composition
2013

Description
Accords aussi en style français :-)
This is my French translation of the Thackeray poem The sorrows of Werther - a satirical résumé of Goethe's Briefroman Die Leiden des jungen Werthers
The original song in English can be found at:
http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-182444_the_sorrows_of_werther_for_voice_and_guitar_chord_names.html
The zip file contains various transpositions and chord names following both the English and French methods.
The sound sample is my own performance.

Poem by W M Thackeray 1811-1863

WERTHER had a love for Charlotte
Such as words could never utter;
Would you know how first he met her?
She was cutting bread and butter.

Charlotte was a married lady,
And a moral man was Werther,
And for all the wealth of Indies
Would do nothing for to hurt her.

So he sigh’d and pin’d and ogled,
And his passion boil’d and bubbled
Till he blew his silly brains out,
And no more was by it troubled.

Charlotte, having seen his body
Borne before her on a shutter,
Like a wellconducted person,
Went on cutting bread and butter.

French translation by David W Solomons

Werther aimait la Charlotte
d'un amour pas à deviner
Savez-vous comme il fit la rencontre
Elle fut en train de tartiner

Mais elle était mariée,
Werther était bien moral
Et il n'avait même pour tout argent,
nul désir de lui faire mal

Il languissait et la passion
Bouillait d'un grand feu ému
Et le sot se brûla la cervelle
Et ne s'en occupa plus

Quand elle vit son beau cadavre
elle ne fit pas laide mine
Mais en femme bien élevée
fit à nouveau ses tartines!

Upload date
14 Apr 2013

Price

Sheet music file
6.00 USD
ZIP, 259.9 Kb

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