Un garçon de conte de fée M'a fait un grand salut bourgeois En plein vent, au bord d'une allée, Debout sous l'arbre de la Loi. Les oiseaux d'arrière saison Faisaient des leurs malgré la pluie Et prise par ma déraison J'osai lui dir: "Je m'ennuie." Sans dire un doux mot de menteur Le soir dans ma chambre à tristesse Il vint consoler ma pâleur. Son ombre me fit des promesses. Mais c'était un garçon de Liège, Léger, léger comme le vent Qui ne se prend à aucun piège Et court les plaines du beau temps. Et dans ma chemise de nuit, Depuis lors quand je voudrais rire Ah! beau jeune homme je m'ennuie, Ah! dans ma chemise à mourir.
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- by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "Le Garçon de Liège", written 1937, appears in Fiançailles pour rire, no. 13, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 1939 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Le Garçon de Liège", FP 91 no. 1 (1937), published 1938 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, no. 1, Éditions Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The boy from Liège", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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