by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Timbre‑poste
Language: French (Français)
Cacatoès Boissons Le Pole Sud On y va, c’était fatal. Pose ta main sur mon épaule, Souvenir du pays natal.
Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Timbre-poste", written 1920, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Paris, Éd. La Sirène, first published 1920 [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 Maxime Jacob (1906 - 1977), "Timbre-poste", 1925, published 1926 [ high voice and piano ], from Six Poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 5, Éd. Jean Jobert [sung text checked 1 time]
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