Canard blanc, canard de roi,
Canard de rivière ou canard bien sec,
Qui lisses tes plumes de ton bec, —
Qui te plumera ?
Canard dodu, canard bien gras,
Avaleur d'escargots dans l'herbe, —
Cuisinier ventru ou marmiton imberbe,
Qui t'embrochera ?
Canard doré, canard léger,
Canard en morceaux, canard en miettes,
Qui nages dans la sauce de l'assiette, —
Qui va te manger?
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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Le Valet de cœur, Poèmes, deuxième édition, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1908, pages 15-16.
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson du canard", appears in Le valet de cœur: poèmes, in 1. L'escarpolette, no. 5, 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 du canard", 1918 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson du canard" [ vocal duet for mezzo-soprano and tenor with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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