O Madame voilà ce qu'il faudrait comprendre vous me dites toujours que vous aimez le beau le beau qui ça ? le beau Léandre...
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Composition:
- Set to music by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Madame", H. 51 no. 6 (1923), published 1924, from Six Poésies de Jean Cocteau, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), written 1920?, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Éd. La Sirène, first published 1920
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Madam", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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