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by Kathleen Lockhart Manning

The Street Fair
Language: English 
The night is turned into day!
And on the avenue
Miladies and Milords so gay
Are decked in ev’ry hue!

Merry-go-rounds with dancing pigs!
And prancing horses too!
While “Lady Claire” with flaming hair
Does a wonderful dance for you!

“Holà! là-bas !”
“Laisse-nous passer !”
“Ma belle Fifi !”
“Holà ! T’es bien mignonne, chérie !”

Lovers dancing in the street,
Confetti fill the air!
The drums keep time with prancing feet!
‘Tis chaos ev’rywhere!

Giants and dwarfs are there!
The man who swallows fire!
While in green a daring queen
Balances on a wire!

Translation of French (Garrett Medlock) for stanza 3:

"Hey! Over there!"
"Let us through!" 
"My beautiful Fifi!" 
"Hey! You are very cute, darling!"


Text Authorship:

  • by Kathleen Lockhart Manning  [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 Kathleen Lockhart Manning , "The Street Fair", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sketches of Paris, no. 3, New York: G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-09-13
Line count: 20
Word count: 99

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