by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)
La tortue
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Je suis tortue et je suis belle, Il ne me manque que des ailes Pour imiter les hirondelles, Que ? Que ? Mon élégant corset d’écailles Sans boutons, sans vernis, ni mailles Est exactement à ma taille. Ni ? Ni ? Je suis tortue et non bossue, Je suis tortue et non cossue, Je suis tortue et non déçue, Eh ? Non ?
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- by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "La tortue", appears in Pour les Enfants Sages, in Chantefables, no. 20, Paris, Éd. Librairie Gründ, first published 1944 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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