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by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960)

Je voudrais être petit pigeon bleu
Language: French (Français) 
Je voudrais être petit pigeon bleu
Sur le toit de ta chaumière
Pour t’écouter remuer les assiettes
et mettre des pommes de pin au feu.

J’écouterais aussi la belle histoire
Que tes enfants écoutent chaque soir.
C’est toi qui la contes, je serais heureux
Tout comme un ange écoutant le bon Dieu.

Oui la belle histoire du paradis,
Quand les oiseaux s’aimaient entre eux, 
Les arbres aussi, les poissons aussi,
Les chênes, les carpes, les hochequeues,
Les pins parasols, les écureuils,
Les zéphyrs, les roseaux, les roses,
Les arcs-en-ciel sur les eaux,
Les gouttes de rosée
et deux personnes.

Sur le toit de ta chaumière,
Je voudrais être petit pigeon bleu.
J'écouterais entre les pailles, heureux,
Tout comme un ange écoutant le bon Dieu !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Chanson du petit pigeon bleu", appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in Bol d'air, in Chansons pour les oiseaux, no. 27, Éd. Flammarion, first published 1946 [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 Louis Beydts (1896 - 1953), "Le petit pigeon bleu", 1948, published 1950 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons pour les oiseaux, no. 2, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-11
Line count: 21
Word count: 124

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