Bonjour Monsieur, comment va votre femme? Fort bien? Tant mieux. Savez-vous que les roses se fanent Autour du rameau trop vieux? Bonjour Monsieur. Savez-vous que la robe bleue Est froissée et le ruban blanc fripé? Courez vite chez le drapier, Même s'il vente, même s'il pleut: Courez donc, Monsieur. Mais du reste, de la dragée, du mimosa, Un autre se chargera mieux; Mais du reste, du baiser et c[ae]tera, Un autre se chargera: Bonjour Monsieur.
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Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Bonjour , Monsieur", appears in Humoresques, in 3. Chansons de bonne humeur, no. 1, Amiens, Bibliothèque du Hérisson, éd. Librairie Edgar 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 Louis Beydts (1896 - 1953), "Bonjour , Monsieur", published 1928 [ high voice and piano ], from Cinq Humoresques sur des poésies de Tristan Klingsor, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-06-13
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