Mademoiselle Marie Vous êtes grosse, dit l’ange, Vous aurez un fils sans mari ; Pardonnez si je vous dérange. Cette façon d’annoncer Les choses par la fenêtre, Étonne un peu la fiancée Qui son amour voudrait connaître. L’ange s’en va, comme fonte Des neiges, vers l’inhumain. La petite a un peu honte Et se cache dans ses mains.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Gabriel au village", written 1922?, appears in Vocabulaire, Paris, Éd. de la Sirène, first published 1922 [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 George Van Parys (1902 - 1971), "Gabriel au village", 1953, published 1954, first performed 1953 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 4, Éd. Salabert [sung text not yet checked]
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