THE JOYS OF LOVE
(Old Folk Song - 18th Century)

Richard Dyer-Bennett



The joys of love
The joys of love
Are but a moment strong
The pain of love endures
A whole life long

His eyes kissed mine
I saw the love in them shine
A rainbow brightened my window
Such love divine

And now he's gone
Like a dream that melts with the dawn
His memory stays locked in my heartstrings
He was ne'er mine


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PLAISIR D'AMOUR
Lyric by: Jean-Pierre de Florian
Music by: Jean Paul Egide Martini
(He's German by birth: Johann Paul Aegidius Schwarzendorf)

The song is sung also in the films "The Heiress" and "Sliver".

Performed by: Anna Maria Guglielmetti (1930 ?),
Yvonne Printemps (1931),
Benjamino Gigli (1935),
Tino Rossi (1955)
Elvis Presley (English version - 1961)
Joan Baez (English version - 1968),
Nana Mouskouri (1997),
Mireille Mathieu, Richard Tauber, Ivan Rebroff, Andrea Bocelli, Demis
Rousses, James Galway, Barbara Hendricks, Eddie Mitchell, Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf, Marianne Faithfull, The Seekers, Brigitte Bardot,
Charlotte Church,...and many others



Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
J'ai tout quitté pour l'ingrate Sylvie,
Elle me quitte et prend un autre amant .
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
"Tant que cette eau coulera doucement
Vers ce ruisseau qui borde la prairie,
Je t'aimerai", me répétait Sylvie.
L'eau coule encore, elle a changé pourtant.
Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment,
Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.


(Contributed by kaf - June 2005)


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Note : The song "Plaisir d'Amour" or "The Joys Of Love"
comes in different versions and varieties.