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Le maître d'école alsacien (The Alsatian Schoolmaster) Words by Gaston Villemer and Lucien Delormel Music by Ludovic Benza, circa 1880-90. A song of revenge, set against the backdrop of Alsace-Lorraine, a lost province and an open wound that will never heal.
I learned it from my Mom who'd learned it from some schoolmate who'd learned it from ???
You can see the whole sheet music here
LE MAITRE D'ÉCOLE ALSACIEN

C'est dans une école d'Alsace
Où le soleil de ses rayons
Éclaire toute la classe
De fillettes et de garçons.
C'est l'heure où l'on apprend à lire
Tous les enfants taisent leurs voix
Car le vieux maître vient de dire
Parlant la langue d'autrefois

La patrouille allemande passe
Baissez la voix mes chers petits
Parler français n'est plus permis
Aux petits enfants de l'Alsace

Le maître en parlant de la France
Avait des larmes dans les yeux
Sa voix enseignait l'espérance
Aux orphelins silencieux
Il leur disait : Dans vos prières
Le soir quand vous joindrez les mains
Parlez la langue de vos pères
Qui sont tombés sur nos chemins

La patrouille allemande passe
Baissez la voix mes chers petits
Parler français n'est plus permis
Aux petits enfants de l'Alsace

Enfants, vous qu'a frappés la guerre
Souvenez-vous de nos malheurs
Et que la nouvelle frontière
N'existe jamais pour vos cœurs
Les yeux tournés vers la patrie
Grandissez, l'heure sonnera
Où son âme aujourd'hui meurtrie
Vers elle vous rappellera

La patrouille allemande passe
Baissez la voix mes chers petits
Un jour la langue du pays
Nous la reparlerons dans l'Alsace
THE ALSACIAN SCHOOLMASTER

It's in a school in Alsace
Where the sun's rays
Illuminate the entire class
Of girls and boys.
It's the time when one learns to read
All the children silence their voices
For the old master has just said
Speaking the language of old

"The German patrol is passing by
Lower your voices, my dear little ones
Speaking French is no longer permitted
To the little children of Alsace"

The master, speaking of France
Had tears in his eyes
His voice taught hope
To the silent orphans
He said to them: "In your prayers
In the evening when you join your hands
Speak the language of your fathers
Who have fallen on our paths

The German patrol is passing by
Lower your voices, my dear little ones
Speaking French is no longer permitted
To the little children of Alsace

Children, you who have been struck by war
Remember our misfortunes
And may the new frontier
Never exist for your hearts
Eyes turned towards the homeland
Grow up, the hour will strike
When her soul, wounded today,
Will call you back to her

The German patrol is passing by
Lower your voice, my dear little ones
One day the language of the country
We will speak it again in Alsace".
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