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by Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant (1594 - 1661)

Fagoté plaisamment comme un vrai...
Language: French (Français) 
Fagoté plaisamment comme un vrai Simonnet, 
Pied chaussé, l'autre nu, main au nez, l'autre en poche,
J'arpente un vieux grenier, portant sur ma caboche 
Un coffin de Hollande en guise de bonnet.

Là, faisant quelque fois le saut du sansonnet, 
Et dandinant du cul comme un sonneur de cloche,
Je m'égueule de rire, écrivant d'une broche 
En mots de Pathelin ce grotesque sonnet.

Mes esprits, à cheval sur des coquecigrues, 
Ainsi que papillons s'envolent dans les nues, 
Y cherchant quelque fin qu'on ne puisse trouver.

Nargue: c'est trop rêver, c'est trop ronger ses ongles ;
Si quelqu'un sait la rime, il peut bien l'achever.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant (1594 - 1661), no title, first published 1629 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

  • by Jacques Leguerney (1906 - 1997), "Le Grotesque", 1952, published 1953, first performed 1952 [ baritone and piano ], from Le Carnaval, no. 1, Paris, Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 103

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