21 Chansons de Jacques Prévert et Joseph Kosma

by Joseph Kosma (1905 - 1969)

1. Deux escargots s'en vont à l'enterrement  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
À l'enterrement d'une feuille morte
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  • by Jacques Prévert (1900 - 1977), "Chanson des escargots qui vont à l'enterrement", written 1941?, appears in Paroles, first published 1946, copyright ©

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  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Song of the snails on their way to a funeral", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Le message  [sung text not yet checked]

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La porte que quelqu'un a ouverte
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3. Le gardien du phare aime beaucoup trop les oiseaux

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Le gardien du phare aime beaucoup trop les oiseaux
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4. La pêche à la baleine

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La pêche à la baleine
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5. Déjeuner du matin

Language: French (Français) 
Il a mis le café dans la tasse
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6. Le jardin

Language: French (Français) 
Des milliers et des milliers d'années ne sauraient suffire pour dire
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7. Paris at night

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Trois allumettes une à une allumées dans la nuit
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9. Chanson du geôlier

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Où vas-tu beau geôlier avec cette clef tachée de sang
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10. Dans ma maison

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Dans ma maison vous viendrez, d'ailleurs ce n'est pas ma maison
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11. Page d'écriture

Language: French (Français) 
Deux et deux quatre/ Quatre et quatre huit
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12. Chanson pour les enfants l'hiver

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Dans la nuit de l'hiver galope un grand homme blanc
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13. En sortant de l'école

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En sortant de l'école nous avons rencontré
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14. L'enfance

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Oh! comme elle est triste l'enfance
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15. Familiale

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La mère fait du tricot, le fils fait la guerre
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16. Fête foraine

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Heureux comme la truite remontant le torrent
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18. Le cauchemar du chauffeur de taxi

Language: French (Français) 
Un taxi s'arrête, des êtres humains descendent
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19. La grasse matinée

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Il est terrible le petit bruit de l'œuf dur cassé sur un comptoir d'étain
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21. Inventaire

Language: French (Français) 
Une triperie, deux pierres, trois fleurs, un oiseau
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  • by Jacques Prévert (1900 - 1977), title 1: "Statistiques", title 2: "Inventaire", written 1938, appears in Paroles, copyright ©

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First titled "Statistiques" in 1938; revised and titled "Inventaire" in 1944.


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