Trois noisettes dans le bois Tout au bout d'une brindille Dansaient la capucine vivement au vent En virant ainsi que des filles De roi, De roi des nains, s'entend. Car à peine étaient-elles hautes Comme botte De grenouille et grosses Comme petit doigt ou comme cosses De pois. Un escargot vint à passer : "Mon bon monsieur, emmenez-moi Dans votre carrosse, Je serai votre fiancée," Disaient-elles toutes trois. Mais le vieux sire sourd et fatigué, Le sire aux quatre cornes sous les feuilles Ne s'est point arrêté, Et, c'est l'ogre de la forêt, je crois C'est le jeune ogre rouge, gourmand et futé Monseigneur l'écureuil Qui les a croquées.
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- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Les noisettes" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Gabriel Dupont (1878 - 1914), "Chanson des noisettes", 1908 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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