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 They wind aslant

Towards Saint Amant,

Through leafy alleys

Of verdurous valleys

With merry sallies

Singing their chant:

"The roads should blossom, the roads should bloom,

So fair a bride shall leave her home!

Should blossom and bloom with garlands gay,

So fair a bride shall pass to-day! "

It is Baptiste, and his affianced maiden,

With garlands for the bridal laden!

The sky was blue; without one cloud of gloom,

The sun of March was shining brightly,