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by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)

Le mulet se vantant de sa généalogie
Language: French (Français) 
Le mulet d’un prélat se piquait de noblesse,
Et ne parlait incessamment
Que de sa mère la jument,
Dont il contait mainte prouesse.
Elle avait fait ceci, puis avait été là.
Son fils prétendait pour cela
Qu’on le dût mettre dans l’histoire.
Il eût cru s’abaisser servant un médecin.
Étant devenu vieux, on le mit au moulin :
Son père l’âne alors lui revint en mémoire.

Quand le malheur ne serait bon
Qu’à mettre un sot à la raison,
Toujours serait-ce à juste cause
Qu’on le dit bon à quelque chose.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), "Le mulet se vantant de sa généalogie", written 1678, appears in Fables [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 Philippe Mazé (b. 1954), "Le mulet se vantant de sa généalogie", 2009, published 2016 [ medium voice and piano ], from 9 Fables de Jean de La Fontaine pour une voix et piano, no. 6, Clichy, Éd. Musicales Artchipel [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), adapted by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Gustave Delsarte.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2019-04-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 90

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