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by Antoine de Bengy-Puyvallée (b. 1854)

Tic‑tac
 (Sung text for setting by G. de Seynes)
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Language: French (Français) 
Plus légèrement que gazelles,
Dans le bois, dans être genés,
Les madrigaux et les sonnets
Vont s'égarer, mesdemoiselles.
Les duègnes sont bien loin ; sans elles
Nous irons voir si les bonnets
S'envoleront enrubanés
Sans s'accrocher aux grandes ailes,
Qui font sauter loin du moulin
Les brides de chanvre ou de lin,
Les capes de vair ou d'hermine.
Du moulin, dont le chant joyeux
« Tic-tac, tic-tac » a jeté sa farine
Blanche dans le cœur et les yeux.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georges de Seynes (1876 - 1922), "Tic-tac", published 1916 [ tenor and piano ], from Perruques poudrées. Trois Lieds pour chant et piano, no. 3, Paris, Société anonyme des Éd. Ricordi

Text Authorship:

  • by Antoine de Bengy-Puyvallée (b. 1854)

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This text was added to the website: 2020-09-30
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