Les belles dames de Paris Ont de belles robes Avec de grands cols à broderies Sous les manteaux fourrés de haut prix. Les belles dames de Paris Du Pont-Neuf à la Concorde Ont de beaux visages poudrés de riz Et de mignonnes mains gantées de gris. Mais elles ont mieux Pour les galants audacieux, Elles ont mieux encore Que beaux habits et beaux yeux; Elles ont mieux que fraîches mines Malicieuses de souris: Elles ont de gracieux corps Sous les chemises fines; Elles ont cuisses et jambes jolies Et veloutées comme fleur ou fruit Dans leur lit, Les belles dames de Paris.
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Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Les belles dames de Paris", appears in Humoresques, in 4. Chroniques du chaperon et de la braguette, no. 1, 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), "Les belles dames de Paris", published 1982 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons galantes et romanesques - 2ème cahier, no. 4, Éd. Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
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