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by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

Chanson du chat
 (Sung text for setting by J. Absil)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
   Chat, chat, chat,
Chat noir, chat blanc, chat gris,
   Charmant chat couché,
   Chat, chat, chat
N'entends-tu pas les souris
Danser à trois les entrechats
   Sur le plancher?

Le bourgeois ronfle dans son lit
De son bonnet de coton coiffé
Et la lune regarde à la vitre:
Dansez souris, dansez jolies,
   Dansez vite,
En remuant vos fines queues de fées.

Dansez sans musique tout à votre aise
   À pas menus et drus
Au clair de la lune qui vient de se lever,
Courez: les sergents de ville dans la rue
   Font les cent pas sur le pavé
   Et tous les chats du vieux Paris
   Dorment sur leur chaise,
Chats blancs, chats noirs, ou chats gris.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Jean Absil (1893 - 1974), "Chanson du chat", op. 45 no. 1 (1940) [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Tristan Klingsor, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson du chat qui dort", written 1900-1903, appears in Le valet de cœur: poèmes, in 7. Chansons à la française, no. 9, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Cat song", copyright ©


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 114

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