L'Ondine du Rhin = the nymph of the Rhine, valse de concert (soprano) / J.B. Wekerlin English version by Isabella G. Parker

Sur le fleuve en silence,/Glisant en cadence,/L’ondine se balance/Comme un rayon de soleil./Le flot qui berce/Son sommeil,/Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!/Coule et traverse/Les pres verts/Les vallons de serts./Sur le flueve en silence,/Glisant en cadence,L’ondine se balance/Comme un ray on de soileil./En admirantsa grace,/Le Rhin majestueux/Lui fait franchir l’es pace/Dans ses bras vigoureux/Enfant capricieuse,/Posee au bout des flots,/Souriant gracieuse/Aux jeunes matelots,/Ah! Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! Aux matelots./Ah! L’ondine se balance/Comme un rayon de soleil! Ah!
Upon the river gliding,/In silence abidding,/Undina gaily floateth,/Fair as a sunbeam bright./Soft waves that rock her slumber light,/ Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!/Flow through the meadows fresh and fair,/Or through valleys drear./Upon the river gliding,/In silence abidding,/Undina gaily floateth,/Fair as a sunbeam bright./Won by her matchless graces,/E’en the majestic Rhine/Fondly the nymph embraces,/Strong arms round her entwine./Maiden, winsome, entrancing,/Resting on the wave’s crest;/Smiles like swift arrows glancing/Into the sailor’s breast,/Ah! Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! Into his breast./Ah! Undina gaily floateth,/Fair as a sunbeam bright. Ah!