by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Language: French (Français)
Grand bal sous le tamarin.
On danse et l’on tambourine.
Tout bas parlent, sans chagrin,
Mathurin à Mathurine,
Mathurine à Mathurin.
...
Dans le bois rôde Isengrin.
Le magister endoctrine
Un moineau pillant le grain.
Mathurin a Mathurine,
Mathurine a Mathurin.
Composition:
- Set to music by Albert Phaneuf (1919 - 1978), as Maurice Dela, "Ronde", 1949, published 1951, stanzas 1,4 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], BMI Canada
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Chanson pour faire danser en rond les petits enfants", appears in L'Art d'être grand-père, in 6. Grand âge et bas âge mêlés, no. 7
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