La Vieille ("The Old Lady" or "The Wrass") is a lighthouse in the département of Finistère at the commune of Plogoff, on the northwest coast of France. It lies on the rock known as Gorlebella (Breton for "farthest rock"), guiding mariners in the strait Raz de Sein, across from the companion lighthouse Tourelle de la Plate—also known as Petite Vieille ("Little Old Woman"). It is among the small class of lighthouses around the coasts of France carrying the moniker "hell", due to a remote position in rough seas.
Initial planning talks began as early as 1861, though the construction project was not confirmed until twenty years later. Fierce tides limited the period in which building work could take place to less than half of each year. After five years, construction was complete and its beam first shone in 1887. The light is occulting, with a range of 18 nautical miles (33km); a foghorn was installed in the early twentieth century.
La Vieille achieved notoriety in the 1920s when two disabled war veterans were stranded there for weeks by storms, their health deteriorating. They were employed under a new law reserving the job of lighthouse keeper to those who had served in the war. The tremendous difficulties experienced in getting them back to shore led to the repeal of the new law. In 1995 it was the penultimate French lighthouse to become automated, a process delayed due to the keepers on-site staging a protest against the task being carried out.
Tiens, voilà la vieille qui passe là-bas. Tiens, voilà la vieille qui sort du grand bois. Ah ! Quelle merveille, La vieille, la vieille. Ah ! Quelle merveille, cette vieille-là ! La vieille est farouche comme on ne l'est pas. Elle remue la bouche et parle tout bas. Elle dit des merveilles, La vieille, la vieille. Elle dit des merveilles, cette vieille-là. Elle dit : 'Je suis riche et je vais au hois. L'argent, je m'en fiche : je le donne au roi.' - Il prend ton oseille, Ma vieille, ma vieille. - Il prend mon oseille, mais je vais au hois. On y voit des choses qu'on n'voit ailleurs : De sauvages roses, des oiseaux piailleurs Et puis des satyres Qui tirent, qui tirent, Et puis des satyres qui vont droit au cœur. Un jour, elle est morte, la vieille du bois Et v'là qu'on l'emporte. Tout est aux abois. Adieu, les groseilles, La vieille, la vieille. Adieu les groseilles et les petits pois ! 'La vie est méchante', dit un rossignol. Les oiseaux qui chantent ont dit : 'C'est un vol. On nous prend la vieille, La vieille, la vieille. On nous prend la vieille .. plus de si bémol.' Et tous les satyres font grèv' sur le tas. On ne veut plus rire sans la vieille-là Et tout s'vnsommeille sans vieille, sans vieille, Et tout s'ensommeille sans la vieille au bois.
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