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by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960)

Complainte du petit cheval blanc
 (Sung text for setting by H. Bosmans)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Le petit cheval dans le mauvais temps,
Qu'il avait donc du courage!
C'était un petit cheval blanc,
Toute derrière et lui devant.

Il n'y avait jamais de beau temps
Dans ce pauvre paysage,
Il n'y avait jamais du printemps,
Ni derrière, ni devant.

Mais toujours il était content,
Menant les gards du village,
À travers la pluie noire des champs,
Tous derrière et lui devant.

 ... 

Mais un jour, dans le mauvais temps,
Un jour qu'il était si sage,
Il est mort par un éclair blanc,
Tous derrière et lui devant.

Il est mort sans voir le beau temps,
Qu'il avait donc du courage!
Il est mort sans voir le printemps
Ni derrière, ni devant.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Henriëtte Bosmans (1895 - 1952), "Complainte du petit cheval blanc", 1948, stanzas 1-3,5-6 [ medium voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies, no. 4, Amsterdam, Éd. Broekmans en Van Poppel

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), title 1: "Complainte du petit cheval blanc", title 2: "Le petit cheval", written 1909, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in L'amour et l'aventure, in 2. La Guirlande du gentil William, no. 8, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in Le marchand d'images, in 5. Morcerf, suivi de Cantilènes et Ballades, in Cantilènes et Ballades, no. 1, first published 1909

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 133

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