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by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

Mademoiselle Rose
Language: French (Français) 
Une petite prise, mademoiselle Rose,
Une petite prise de vieux tabac fin:
A notre âge, eh! eh! c'est chose
Plus chère qu'un sachet de parfum.

Ça pique et c'est délicieux
Mademoiselle Rose, vous savez bien;
Ça pique et ça met une larme aux yeux,
Pour rien en somme, pour rien ...

Autrefois c'était une fraîche rose
Que je vous offrais, et cela aussi,
Cela aussi, mademoiselle Rose,
Mettait une larme claire entre vos cils.

Mais maintenant vous avez bonnet et jupe
A la mode ancienne:
Hélas! nous sommes restés tous deux dupes
De nos mutuelles antiennes.

Et maintenant quand on cause,
Et maintenant que voulez-vous qu'on dise?
Une petite prise, allons, mademoiselle Rose,
Une petite prise ...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Mademoiselle Rose", appears in Humoresques, no. 20, Amiens, Bibliothèque du Hérisson, Éd. E. Malfère, first published 1921 [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 René Camille Henri Berthelot (1903 - 1999), "Mademoiselle Rose", 1968, published 1970 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons galantes et romanesques - 1er cahier, no. 2, Nice, Éd. G. Delrieu [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Louis Beydts (1896 - 1953), "Mademoiselle Rose", published 1928 [ high voice and piano ], from Cinq Humoresques sur des poésies de Tristan Klingsor, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 115

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