From A Bibliography of Alexandre Dumas père by Frank Wild Reed: Three regular four-line stanzas, rhyming a, b, a, b.
Was first sung by François Martel, words by Alexandre Dumas, music by Henri Reber; Paris, Richault, 26, au 1er. Boulevard Poissonnière.
A second setting, music by Francis Thorné, dedicated to M. Alexandre Dumas fils; Paris, Henri Lemoine, 17 Rue Pigalle.
