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by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

Tête de femme est légère
Language: French (Français) 
  Tête de femme est légère 
Et tourne autant que plume au vent : 
Laide ou jolie, châtelaine ou bergère, 
C'est à qui changera le plus souvent. 

  Changera de chapel, s'entend ; 
  Changera de plume ou de rose, 
De couleur tendre ou de ton éclatant ; 
Changera peut-être aussi d'auli-e chose. 

  Tête de femme est jolie 
Qu'elle soit rieuse ou rêvant ; 
Tête de femme est pleine de folies 
Et tourne plus que plume au vent. 

Vent des sérénades de mandores 
Et des amoureux sous la croisée ; 
  Vent des peignes d'or 
  Et des baisers. 

Et change aussi souvent en somme 
De chaperon que de chevalier servant ; 
Tête de femme est légère et tourne comme 
  Plume au vent.

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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Le Valet de cœur, Poèmes, deuxième édition, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1908, pages 161-162.


Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson du valet de cœur", written 1899-1902, appears in Le valet de cœur: poèmes, in 6. Le valet de cœur, no. 1, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1908 [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 Georges Adolphe Hüe (1858 - 1948), "Tête de femme est légère", published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons du valet de cœur, no. 1, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 113

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