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by Urbain Mô

Menuet
Language: French (Français) 
Exquise Marquise, Voulez-vous ? Dansons.
Les violons caquettent ; causons.
Bonjour. Bonsoir. A genoux. Dansons
Les danses d'autrefois coquettes et naïves.
Salut, moi ; Salut, vous. Je baise votre main,
Et vous prenez, ma mie en des poses lascives.
Un ton sous vos cheveux poudrés que ce soir maint
Page admire, marquise.
Que faut-il que je dise
A genoux. Je vous suis, tournons.
Je me rappelle tous vos noms.
Eglé, Léa, Vénus, oh ! tout cela me plonge
Au fond du tourbillon galant. C'est un beau songe.
Les violons se taisent. Cessons, Voulez-vous ?
Au boudoir, les divans sont doux.
Passons.

Text Authorship:

  • by Urbain Mô  [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 Georges de Seynes (1876 - 1922), "Menuet", published 1916 [ baritone and piano ], from Perruques poudrées. Trois Lieds pour chant et piano, no. 1, Paris, Société anonyme des Éd. Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-09-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 96

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