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01/15/25

Le ciel se marrie avec la mer (1957)

[Couplet 1]
La mer a mis sa robe verte
Et le ciel bleu son œillet blanc
Elle a voulu être coquette
Pour dire au ciel en s’éveillant:

[Refrain]
«N’oublie pas mon cœur, ni la fleur, ni le jonc
N’oublie pas surtout que demain nous nous marierons»

[Couplet 2]
Les pieds dans les sables des dunes
Je les ai vus qui s’embrassaient
À l’ombre des joncs des lagunes
Et puis la mer qui lui disait

[Refrain]
«N’oublie pas mon cœur, ni la fleur, ni le jonc
N’oublie pas surtout que demain nous nous marierons»

[Couplet 3]
Une fleur à la boutonnière
Le lendemain se mariait
Le ciel au bras de la mer fière
D’avoir du soleil en bouquet

[Outro]
Il y avait leurs cœurs et les fleurs et le jonc
Chaque jour depuis mille fois, revit cette chanson

Author/composer: Jacques Blanchet

Lyrics Source: Genius.com

Suggested Sources:

Panthéon posting: https://www.cshf.ca/fr/song/le-ciel-se-marie-avec-la-mer/

Recording with Jacques Blanchet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK_K4iS8hSM

Recording with Lucille Dumont: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8f8MVRhx3c

01/9/25

Helen Creighton Folklore Society

Helen Creighton (1899–1989) was a folklorist who collected stories and songs of the Maritimes, including French Acadian music from Pubnico and Grand-Étang, Nova Scotia.

Suggested Sources:

Helen Creighton Folklore Society, https://www.helencreighton.org/

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“Pubnico”

“Grand-Étang”

01/8/25

Marie-Jo Thériault (1965–)

Marie-Jo Thério is an Acadian singer and performer born in Moncton, New Brunswick on July 3, 1965. Her early years in Moncton included piano lessons from the age of 6, and theater performances. During her period growing up in Moncton, she wrote her own music and was inspired by David Bowe and Harmonium’s L’Heptade album (9); a Montreal based folk rock band active between 1972-1979 (2). In 1995, she released her first album Comme de la musique (4). Links to her Acadian heritage can be found in tracks of this album, such as “Petite Acadie” and “Moncton” – songs with lyrics that express her feelings and experiences living in Moncton (1, 5, 4). 

At the age of 16, Thério would leave for Montreal to study literature and theater (4), and later come to perform in France, Africa and South America. She would go on to win the Félix award in the category of contemporary folk for her album Les Matins habitables (10). The album contains “Moncton”, of the same from Comme de la musique, and “Évangéline” (3). “Evangeline” is based on the poem “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, which follows the trials of two Acadian lovers who become separated due to consequences of deportation (8). Along with the text content, it also follows similar traditional Acadian folk music elements, such as its strophic musical style and direct key change in the verse. 

Recently, Thério has continued to perform her music, reviving her La Maline album on stage in 2024 (7). 

Suggested Sources:

  1. Comme de la Musique. Spotify. (1995, February 9). https://open.spotify.com/album/0k1QpknX59YYwTfuOqFbqh  
  2. Harmonium. Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. (2019, October 7). https://www.cshf.ca/songwriter/harmonium/  
  3. Les Matins habitables. Spotify. (2005, June 21). https://open.spotify.com/album/5YZzIbWvVSe4Cx7LXEIjMT  
  4. Marie-Jo Thério – Moncton lyrics. Musixmatch. (n.d.-b). https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Marie-Jo-Th%C3%A9rio/Moncton  
  5. Marie-Jo Thério – Petite acadie lyrics. Musixmatch. (n.d.-c). https://www.musixmatch.com/de/songtext/Marie-Jo-Th%C3%A9rio/Petite-Acadie  
  6. Marie-Jo Thério – Évangeline. Musixmatch. (n.d.-a). https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Marie-Jo-Th%C3%A9rio/Evangeline  
  7. Marie-Jo Thério. Congrès mondial acadien 2024. (n.d.). https://cma2024.ca/en/program/artists/marie-jo-therio-en  
  8. Parks Canada Agency, G. of C. (2022, November 11). Evangeline. Grand-Pré National Historic Site. https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/grandpre/culture/evangeline  
  9. Radio-Canada. (2006a, October 24). Marie-Jo Thério, l’artiste sensible au parcours unique. Radio-Canada. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-grands-entretiens/segments/entrevue/129250/marie-jo-therio-moncton-acadie-maline-monique-giroux  
  10. Radio-Canada. (2006b, October 24). Marie-Jo Thério Remporte un félix. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/326763/nb-therio 
  • “Marie-Jo Thério, l’artiste sensible au parcours unique,” Les grands entretiens, Radio-Canada. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-grands-entretiens/segments/entrevue/129250/marie-jo-therio-moncton-acadie-maline-monique-giroux (Accessed January 9, 2025).

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