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by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465)

Riens ne valent ses mirlifiques
Language: French (Français) 
Riens ne valent ses mirlifiques, 
Et ses menues oberliques ; 
D'où venez vous, petit mercier ? 
Gueres ne vault vostre mestier, 
Se me semble, ne voz pratiques.

Chier les tenez comme reliques,
Les voulez vous mettre en croniques.
Vous n'y gangnerez ja denier.
Riens ne valent ses mirlifiques,
Et ses menues oberliques ;
D'où venez vous ? petit mercier.

En plusieurs lieux sont trop publiques,
Et pource, sans faire repliques,
Desploiez tout vostre pannier,
Affin qu'on y puisse serchier
Quelques bagues plus auctentiques ;
Riens ne valent ses mirlifiques.

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Confirmed with Poésies complètes de Charles D'Orléans : Revues sur les manuscrits avec préface, notes et glossaire par Charles d'Héricault, Tome II, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1874, page 46.


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), title 1: "Rondeau CCCXXIX", title 2: "Chanson LXXVII" [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 Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Rien ne valent ses mirlifiques", 1929, published 1931 [ high voice and piano ], from 12 Rondels, no. 4, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-09-28
Line count: 17
Word count: 84

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