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by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)

La girafe
Language: French (Français) 
La girafe et la girouette,
Vent du sud et vent de l’est,
Tendent leur cou vers l’alouette,
Vent du nord et vent de l’ouest.

Toutes deux vivent près du ciel,
Vent du sud et vent de l’est,
À la hauteur des hirondelles,
Vent du nord et vent de l’ouest.

Et l’hirondelle pirouette,
Vent du sud et vent de l’est,
En été sur les girouettes,
Vent du nord et vent de l’ouest.

L’hirondelle, fait, des paraphes,
Vent du sud et vent de l’est,
Tout l’hiver autour des girafes,
Vent du nord et vent de l’ouest.

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "La girafe", appears in Pour les Enfants Sages, in Chantefables, no. 19, Paris, Éd. Librairie Gründ, first published 1944 [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 Henri Barraud (1900 - 1997), "La girafe", op. 36 no. 7 (1945) [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit chantefables pour les enfants sages, no. 7, Éd. Françaises de Musique-Sofirad [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-05-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 94

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