Du merle noir dans la haie fleurie Ou du loriot jaune dans le pommier gris Que préfères-tu, fillette qui ris? De la rose pâle qui va s'ouvrir Ou de l'œillet sombre de Barbarie, Que préfères-tu, fille qui souris ? Mais de ce joli damoiseau de cœur Ou du bonhomme tout cousu de billets bleus, Qui préférais-tu, belle fille en pleurs ?
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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Poèmes de Bohême, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1913, pages 201-202.
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson du merle", written 1913?, appears in Poèmes de Bohême, in 4. Poèmes de Bohême, no. 16, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913 [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 Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Chanson du merle", published 1913 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies sur des poèmes de Tristan Klingsor, no. 6, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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