Chanson bretonne

J'ai perdu ma poulette
Et j'ai perdu mon chat.
Je cours à la poudrette
Si Dieu me les rendra.

Je vais chez Jean le Coz
Et chez Marie Maria.
Va-t'en voir chez Hérode
Peut-être il le saura.

Passant devant la salle
Toute la ville était là
À voir danser ma poule
Avec mon petit chat.

Tous les oiseaux champêtres
Sur les murs et sur les toits
Jouaient de la trompette
Pour le banquet du roi.

Translation(s): ENG GER

List of language codes

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944), appears in La côte. Chants bretons, first published 1911 [ 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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Chanson bretonne", FP. 59 (1931), from Cinq Poèmes de Max Jacob, no. 1. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , title 1: "Breton song", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Bretonisches Lied", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project, and I have been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your gift is greatly appreciated.      - Emily Ezust

Breton song

I've lost my little hen, 
and I've lost my cat.
I'll run to the trash heap
if God gives them back to me. 

I will go see Jean le Coz 
and Marie Maria.
You go see Herod. 
Maybe he will know. 

When I went by the room, 
the whole town was there 
to see my hen dancing 
with my little cat. 

All the birds of the fields 
were playing the trumpet on the walls
and the rooftops 
for the king's banquet.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The material directly above is protected by copyright and appears here by special permission. If you wish to copy it and distribute it, you must obtain permission or you will be breaking the law. Once you have permission, you must give credit to the author and display the copyright symbol ©. Copyright infringement is a criminal offense under international law.

Authorship

• Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2004 by Faith J. Cormier, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
  
  Contact:
  
  
  (licenses at lieder dot net)
  
  
  

• a text in French (Français) by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944), appears in La côte. Chants bretons, first published 1911 GER
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Francis Poulenc. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2004-12-09.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:11
Line count: 16
Word count: 81