Le clocher chante

Mieux qu'une tour profane,
je me chauffe pour mûrir mon carillon.
Qu'il soit doux, qu'il soit bon
aux Valaisannes.

Chaque dimanche, ton par ton,
je leur jette ma manne;
qu'il soit bon, mon carillon,
aux Valaisannes.

Qu'il soit doux, qu'il soit bon;
samedi soir dans les channes
tombe en gouttes mon carillon
aux Valaisans des Valaisannes.

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) , no title, from Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 12

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Samuel Barber (1910-1981) , "Le clocher chante", op. 27 no. 4 (1950-1), from Mélodies passagères, no. 4.
by Léon Orthel (1905-1985) , "Le clocher chante", op. 63 no. 1 (1972), from Six quatrains valaisans, no. 1.

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