© by Jacques Prévert (1900 - 1977)
Chanson des escargots qui vont à l'enterrement Matches base text
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
À l'enterrement d'une feuille morte [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by Henriëtte Bosmans (1895 - 1952), "Chanson des escargots qui vont à l'enterrement", 1950, published 1954 [ medium voice and piano ], from 4 liederen op Franse tekst, no. 4, Amsterdam, Donemus
Text Authorship:
- by Jacques Prévert (1900 - 1977), "Chanson des escargots qui vont à l'enterrement", written 1941?, appears in Paroles, first published 1946, copyright ©
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Song of the snails on their way to a funeral", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 220