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

Bonjour , Monsieur
Language: French (Français) 
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.

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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 75

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