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by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944)

Monsieur le Duc
Language: French (Français) 
Monsieur le Duc vint à point nommé 
Il vint tous les jours et heures ordinaires. 
Monsieur le Duc vint à point nommé, 
Il vint pour partager notre ordinaire. 

Monsieur le Duc, vous manquez de nez ; 
Vous manquez de nez, vous manquez de flair, 
Monsieur le Duc, vous êtes compact
Pour tout dire enfin, vous manquez de tact.

Le Duc dit : Veuillez m'excuser,
Je ne suis pas homme, je ne suis pas femme, 
Le Duc dit : Veuillez m'excuser,
Je ne suis pas femme, je suis nouveauné.

Le roi dit : Pour vous excuser,
Vous manquez encor de sel de cuisine 
Le roi dit : Pour vous excuser,
Il faudrait d'abord apprendre à nager.

Text Authorship:

  • by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944) [author's text not yet checked 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 Vittorio Rieti (1898 - 1994), "Monsieur le Duc", 1933, published 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Quatres Poèmes de Max Jacob, no. 4, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY (USA), General Music Publishing Co., Inc. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-07-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 110

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