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by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)

Le gardénia
 (Sung text for setting by J. Wiéner)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Dans un jardin en Angleterre
Il était un gardénia.
Pour en fleurir sa boutonnière,
Un vieux lord se l'appropria.
Depuis, au jardin, il n'y a,
N'y a plus de gardénia.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jean Wiéner (1896 - 1982), "Le gardénia", 1959, published 1959, from Les Chantefleurs, no. 1, Éd. Salabert

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "Le gardénia", appears in Chantefables et Chantefleurs, Paris, Éd. Librairie Gründ, first published 1952

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