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Four Songs for Children
Song Cycle by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
View original-language texts alone: Quatre Chansons pour Enfants
Madame Eustache a dix-sept filles [ ... ]
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- by Jean-Marie Legrand (1900 - 1981), as Jean Nohain or Jaboune, copyright ©
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- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "We want a little sister", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "We want a little sister", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Madame Eustache had seventeen daughters [ ... ]
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Faith J. Cormier
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- a text in French (Français) by Jean-Marie Legrand (1900 - 1981), as Jean Nohain or Jaboune, copyright ©
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Avec mon face-à-main [ ... ]
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- by Jean-Marie Legrand (1900 - 1981), as Jean Nohain or Jaboune, copyright ©
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- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The tragic story of little René", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
With my lorgnette [ ... ]
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Faith J. Cormier
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- a text in French (Français) by Jean-Marie Legrand (1900 - 1981), as Jean Nohain or Jaboune, copyright ©
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Ah ! mon cher docteur, je vous écris [ ... ]
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- by Jean-Marie Legrand (1900 - 1981), as Jean Nohain or Jaboune, copyright ©
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- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The little boy who was too healthy", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Dear Doctor, you will be surprised [ ... ]
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Faith J. Cormier
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- a text in French (Français) by Jean-Marie Legrand (1900 - 1981), as Jean Nohain or Jaboune, copyright ©
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Subtitle: Il fait tout lui-même
Quand les gens [ ... ]
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- by Jean-Marie Legrand (1900 - 1981), as Jean Nohain or Jaboune, copyright ©
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- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Il fait tout lui-même) (Happy-Go-Lucky (He does everything himself)", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
When people [ ... ]
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Faith J. Cormier
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- a text in French (Français) by Jean-Marie Legrand (1900 - 1981), as Jean Nohain or Jaboune, copyright ©
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