1928 Mme Vallin sings Chanson Triste by Duparc accp by l’Orchestre de l'Opera-Comique, dir. MG Cloez

Photograph— Vallin and cow:) She loved animals!

1928. Mme Ninon Vallin sings Chanson Triste by Duparc
accompanied by M.G. Cloez and l’Orchestra de l'Opera-Comique

ODEON record 123.562,
Pathe XXP6695.

Chanson Triste
Lyrics by Jean Lahor

Dans ton cœur dort un clair de lune,
Un doux clair de lune d’été,
Et pour fuir la vie importune,
Je me noierai dans ta clarté.

J’oublierai les douleurs passées,
Mon amour, quand tu berceras
Mon triste cœur et mes pensées
Dans le calme aimant de tes bras.

Tu prendras ma tête malade,
Oh! quelquefois sur tes genoux,
Et lui diras une ballade
Qui semblera parler de nous;

Et dans tes yeux pleins de tristesses,
Dans tes yeux alors je boirai
Tant de baisers et de tendresses
Que peut-être je guérirai.


Song of sadness
English translation © Richard Stokes

Moonlight slumbers in your heart,
A gentle summer moonlight,
And to escape the cares of life,
I shall drown myself in your light.

I shall forget past sorrows,
My sweet, when you cradle
My sad heart and my thoughts
In the loving calm of your arms.

You will rest my poor head,
Ah! sometimes on your lap,
And recite to it a ballad
That will seem to speak of us;

And from your eyes full of sorrow,
from your eyes I shall then drink
So many kisses and so much love
That perhaps I shall be healed.

—-Albert Carré, director of the Opéra-Comique describes Ninon Vallin:

“The exceptional quality of this voice, its purity, its freshness, its timbre, its color, its flexibility, its emotional character as well as the assurance and the taste with which it was used could leave no doubt whatever. We were in the presence of a great artist.”
—-Albert Carré, director of the Opéra-Comique, describes Ninon Vallin

1917 Victrola IX.
Played with a medium Burmese Colour Needle (thorn).
Andy Briggs sells them!

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