by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)
La tortue
Language: French (Français)
Je suis tortue et je suis belle, Il ne me manque que des ailes Pour imiter les hirondelles, Que ? Que ? Mon élégant corset d’écailles Sans boutons, sans vernis, ni mailles Est exactement à ma taille. Ni ? Ni ? Je suis tortue et non bossue, Je suis tortue et non cossue, Je suis tortue et non déçue, Eh ? Non ?
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "La tortue", appears in Pour les Enfants Sages, in Chantefables, no. 20, Paris, Éd. Librairie Gründ, first published 1944 [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 Witold Lutoslawski (1913 - 1994), "La tortue", 1990, published 1992, first performed 1991 [ high voice and orchestra or piano ], from Chantefleurs et chantefables, no. 5, Universal Editions [sung text not yet checked]
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