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by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960)

Il était un p’tit jaune tout habillé de...
Language: French (Français) 
Il était un p’tit jaune tout habillé de gris, canari,
Qui demandait l'aumône aux chats et aux souris,
canari, toto canaro, canari.

Compère, Mistigri, le lairras-tu, le lairras-tu souffri ?

Le chat d’la Mèr’ Michel, canari,
ses moustach’s comme un gril, canari,
A fait la courte échelle aux rats et aux souris, canari,
toto canaro, canari !
Ah! Père Mistigri, me lairras-tu mouri ?

Tu t’en iras au ciel, canari,
croqué par les souris, canari,
les rats, (c’est rationnel) te croqu’ront bien aussi,
canari, toto canaro, canari.

Et Mistigri chéri croqu’ra le tout, miaou !

Le chaton, qui l’eut cru ?
C’est le père Lustucru,
ce vieux monstre malotru,
qui l’a croqué tout cru.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Chanson du petit serin en cage", appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in Bol d'air, in Chansons pour les oiseaux, no. 23, Éd. Flammarion, first published 1946 [author's text not yet checked 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), "Le petit serin en cage", 1948, published 1950 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons pour les oiseaux, no. 4, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2021-09-16
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