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by Katherine Mansfield (1888 - 1923)

Souvent j'ai dit à mon mari
 (Sung text for setting by D. Diamond)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Souvent j'ai dit à mon mari: Nous en prenons un?
Et il me dit: Ah non, non, ma pauvre femme. Notre
petit moment pour jouer est passé. Je ne peux rien 
faire que de rester dans une chaise en faisant des 
grimaces, et ça fait trembler plus que ça ne fait rire un 
petit enfant.

Composition:

    Set to music by David Leo Diamond (1915 - 2005), "Souvent j'ai dit à mon mari", 1943 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Katherine Mansfield (1888 - 1923), no title

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Leonard Lehrman) , "Often I have said to my husband", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-09-08
Line count: 6
Word count: 56

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