Fera‑t‑il beau temps, pleuvra‑t‑il ?

Fera-t-il beau temps, pleuvra-t-il ? 
Prends ta canne, Monsieur Benoist ;
Fera-t-il beau temps, pleuvra-t-il ?
Qui le sait ? ni pape, ni roi ;
Prends ta canne de bois 
Des îles[.] 

Qui peut savoir où le vent file ?
Bon courage, Monsieur Benoist ;
Qui peut savoir où le vent file ?
Rêve de femme est plus subtil ;
Prends ta canne de bois 
Des îles. 

Que femme au retour crie ou danse, 
Bon courage, Monsieur Benoist ;
Que femme au retour crie ou danse,
Prends ta pipe, Monsieur Benoist,
Prends ta pipe de bois 
De France.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Anthologie poétique du XXe siècle, Tome second, ed. by Robert de la Vaissière, Paris, Les Éditions G. Crès, 1923, page 26.

Authorship

• by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson de Monsieur Benoist", written 1921?, appears in Humoresques, in 3. Chansons de bonne humeur, no. 3, Amiens, Bibliothèque du Hérisson, Éd. E. Malfère, first published 1921 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Gabriel Grovlez (1879 - 1944), "L'aubade à Monsieur Benoist", published 1924 [voice and piano], from Deuxième recueil de chansons enfantines, no. 6, Paris, Éd Max Eschig [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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