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{{Short description|18th-century French folk song}}
'''Vive la rose''' is an 18th-century [[French (language)|French]] [[folk song]] about [[unrequited love]]. "Mon ami me délaisse" is roughly translated as "My boyfriend dumped me". The song goes on to explain that he has found a new girlfriend. Another verse says that rumor has it that she is sick. The narrator says that if she dies, he will probably want to come back to her, but she will not have him. The chorus "Vive la rose et le lilas" means "Long live the [[rose]] and the [[lilac]]."

Vive la rose was [[Émile Benoît]]'s last recording.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Emile Benoit | work = Artists | publisher = Fred's Records Online | url = http://www.freds.nf.ca/artists/BenoitEmile.html | access-date = 2011-03-07 }}</ref> It was interpreted by several other musicians; one such interpretation was referred to as "une vieille chanson française interprétée par la suite par Guy Béart pour les enfants".<ref>[http://potee.com/rose1.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041214230413/http://potee.com/rose1.html |date=December 14, 2004 }}</ref> It was interpreted by [[Guy Béart]] (1960), [[Cora Vaucaire]] (1975), [[Nana Mouskouri]] (1978), [[Mes souliers sont rouges]] (2000), and [[Ten Strings and a Goat Skin]] (2013). Other names for the song include "Mon amant me délaisse" and "La méchante."

==Film adaptation==
In 2009, Benoit's rendition of the song was adapted as a [[National Film Board of Canada]] [[mixed media]] short film by [[Bruce Alcock]].<ref name=alcock>{{cite web|last=Alcock|first=Bruce|title=Vive la rose|url=http://www.nfb.ca/film/vive_la_rose_en/|work=Online film|publisher=[[National Film Board of Canada]]|access-date=30 June 2011|format=Requires [[Adobe Flash]]}}</ref> The film was named to the [[Toronto International Film Festival]]'s year-end [[Canada's Top Ten]] list for 2009,<ref>[https://www.blogto.com/film/2009/12/canadas_top_10_films_of_2009/ "Canada's Top Ten Films of 2009"]. ''BlogTO'', December 8, 2009.</ref> and was a [[Genie Award]] nominee for the [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short|Best Animated Short]] at the [[30th Genie Awards]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{NFB film|vive_la_rose_en}}

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[[Category:French folk songs]]
[[Category:Nana Mouskouri songs]]
[[Category:Newfoundland and Labrador folk songs]]
[[Category:Torch songs]]
[[Category:18th-century songs]]
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[[Category:Songs with unknown songwriters]]
[[Category:Canadian folk songs]]
[[Category:Songs in French]]
[[Category:French-language Canadian songs]]


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