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Jeanne Houhou la très gentille Est morte entre des draps très blancs Pas seule Bébert dit l'Anguille Narcisse et Hubert le merlan Près d'elle faisaient leur manille Et la crâneuse de Clichy Aux rouges yeux de dégueulade Répète "Mon eau de Vichy" Va dans le panier à salade Haha sans faire de chichi Les yeux dansant comme des anges Elle riait, elle riait Les yeux très bleus les dents très blanches Si vous saviez, si vous saviez Tout ce que nous ferons dimanche.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "L'Anguille", written 1914, appears in Il y a, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1925 [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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "L'Anguille", FP 58 no. 1 (1931) [ high voice and piano ], from Quatre Poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L'anguila", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "The eel", subtitle: "A waltz-musette, meant to be played on the accordion", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 83
La Jeanne Houhou, la tan amable Va morir entre llençols molt blancs No estava sola: en Bébert, conegut com ”l'Anguila” En Narcisse i en Hubert, el perruquer Eren al seu costat jugant a la manilla I la presumida de Clichy Amb els seus ulls rogencs de vomitar No para de repetir: «La meva aigua de Vichy» S'endinsa al furgó de la policia Haha, sense fer gens de soroll Els seus ulls dansant com àngels Ella reia, ella reia Els seus ulls tan blaus, les seves dents tan blanques Si sabéssiu, si sabéssiu Tot el que farem diumenge.
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- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (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 Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "L'Anguille", written 1914, appears in Il y a, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1925
This text was added to the website: 2026-05-23
Line count: 15
Word count: 97