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by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas

Toc, toc, toc toc, ‑ il cloue à coups...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Toc, toc, toc toc, - il cloue à coups pressés ;
Toc, toc, - le menuisier des trépassés.
"Bon menuisier, bon menuisier,
Dans le sapin, dans le noyer,
Taille un cercueil très grand, très lourd,
Pour que j'y couche mon amour."

Toc toc, toc toc, - il cloue à coups pressés,
Toc toc, - le menuisier des trépassés.
"Qu'il soit tendu de satin blanc
Comme ses dents, comme ses dents ;
Et mets aussi des rubans bleus
Comme ses yeux, comme ses yeux."

Toc toc, toc toc, - il cloue à coups pressés.
Toc toc, - le menuisier des trépassés.
"Là-bas, là-bas près du ruisseau,
Sous les ormeaux, sous les ormeaux,
À l'heure où chante le coucou,
Un autre l'a baisée au cou."

Toc toc, toc toc, - il cloue à coups pressés,
Toc, toc, - le menuisier des trépassés.
"Bon menuisier, bon menuisier,
Dans le sapin, dans le noyer,
Taille un cercueil très grand, très lourd,
Pour que j'y couche mon amour."

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   I. Poldowski •   G. Strong 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, "Nocturne", appears in Les cantilènes, in 3. Airs et récits, no. 3 [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 Gabriel-André Fabre (1858 - 1921), "Bon menuisier" [ voice and piano ], from Chants de Bretagne, no. 1, Paris, Bruxelles : Henry Lemoine et Cie [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Hageman (1881 - 1966), "Nocturne" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Xavier Perreau (1856 - 1939), "Le menuisier des trépassés ", published 1894 [ baritone and piano ], from Cinq mélodies avec accompagnement de piano, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Librairie de l'Art indépendant [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Irena Regina Poldowski (1880 - 1932), "Nocturne (des cantilènes)", published 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Marcelle Soulage (1894 - 1970), "Nocturne", published 1917 [ voice and piano ], Paris : Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by George Templeton Strong (1856 - 1948), "Le menuisier des trépassés", 1931, published [1931] [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Cinq mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 5, Genève, Éd. du Siècle Musical [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 153

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