Œuf de sucre, œuf de Pâques, Dans l'osier de ta corbeille ronde, Derrière d'oie ou de sarcelle du lac, Qui donc a pu te pondre ? CEuf de sucre, œuf de Pâques, Œuf de pigeon ou de caille, Petit œuf de mon joli sac, Qu'y a-t-il sous ton écaille ? &Oelig;uf de sucre, œuf de Pâques, Je n'ose briser ta coquille en mes doigts : J'ai peur que le bel oiseau qu'on tire à l'arc S'envole sur les toits.
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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Le Valet de cœur, Poèmes, deuxième édition, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1908, pages 24-25.
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson de l'œuf de Pâques", appears in Le valet de cœur: poèmes, in 1. L'escarpolette, no. 9, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1908 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Chanson de l'Œuf de Pâques", 1914? [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons à la Française, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Grovlez (1879 - 1944), "Chanson de l'Œuf de Pâques", published 1924 [ medium voice and piano ], from Deuxième recueil de chansons enfantines, no. 8, Paris, Éd Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
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