Notre petit domestique attache les pattes du poulet
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Trois mélodies
by François Steenhuis (1918 - 1956)
1. Le poulet
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Le départ du poulet", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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2. Le chat
Il va bondir sur l'ombre d'une feuille
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Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Le chat", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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3. La carpe  [sung text not yet checked]
Au jardin , dans le clair de lune , notre servante racle avec tant d'ardeur une carpe dorée , que ses écailles volent de tous côtés, et sans doute jusqu'au ciel. Ces belles étoiles , là-haut , doivent être les écailles de notre poisson.
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Avant le repas", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade, Paris : H. Piazza, 1926, p.63
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