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Trois petits pâtés, ma chemise brûle. Monsieur le curé n'aime pas les os. Ma cousine est blonde, elle a nom Ursule, Que n'émigrons-nous vers les Palaiseaux. Ma cousine est blonde, elle a nom Ursule, On dirait d'un cher glaïeul sur les eaux Vivent le muguet et la campanule! Dodo, l'enfant do, chantez, doux fuseaux. Que n'émigrons-nous vers les Palaiseaux. Trois petits pâtés, un point et virgule; On dirait d'un cher glaïeul sur les eaux; Vivent le muguet et la campanule. Trois petits pâtés, un point et virgule; Dodo, l'enfant do, chantez, doux fuseaux. La libellule erre parmi des roseaux. Monsieur le Curé, ma chemise brûle.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Pantoum négligé", appears in Jadis et naguère, in Jadis, in À la manière de plusieurs, no. 3, first published 1884 [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 François-Antoine Agostini (b. 1898), "Pantoum négligé" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tony Aubin (1907 - 1981), "Pantoum négligé", 1932, published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Six poèmes de Verlaine, no. 6, Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri-Paul Büsser (1872 - 1973), "Pantoum négligé", op. 111 no. 3, published 1944 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by J.-M. Depelsenaire , "Pantoum négligé", 1972 [ bass, piano, and viola ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Le Guillard (1887 - 1958), "Pantoum négligé", op. 8 no. 2, published 1922 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Guillaume Saint-John de Crèvecœur (1878 - 1972), "Pantoum négligé", published 1924 [ high voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Éditions Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Pantoum négligé", op. 96 no. 20 (2018) [ soprano and piano ], from Livre de Mélodies Françaises, no. 20 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Poem in irregular pantoum form", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 105
Three little pâtés, my shirt is boiling. The Reverend Father does not like bones. My cousin is blonde, her name is Ursula. Why don't we move out to a rural village? My cousin is blonde, her name is Ursula. Lovable like an iris on the waters. Long live bellflower and lily-of-the-valley! Lullaby baby, and quiet spindles sing! Why don't we move out to a rural village? Three little pâtés and one semi-colon. Lovable like an iris on the waters. Long live bellflower and lily-of-the-valley! Three little pâtés, one semi-colon. Lullaby baby, and quiet spindles sing! The dragonfly is darting among the reeds. Hey, Reverend Father, my shirt is burning.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2022 by Peter Low, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Pantoum négligé", appears in Jadis et naguère, in Jadis, in À la manière de plusieurs, no. 3, first published 1884
This text was added to the website: 2022-08-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 109