The five fingers | My lady, daughter of the king, playing with

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by Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1740 - 1794), as Nicolas Chamfort

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Les cinq doigts

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Madame, fille du Roi, jouant avec 
sa bonne, regarda sa main, en compta les 
doigts, et, surprise, "Comment", dit l'enfant, 
"Vous avez cinq doigts, comme moi?"

Text Authorship:

by Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1740 - 1794), as Nicolas Chamfort [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 Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997), "Les cinq doigts", 1948, published 1951 [ baritone and piano ], from Huit anecdotes de Chamfort, no. 5, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The five fingers ", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 26

The five fingers

Language: English after the French (Français)

My lady, daughter of the king, playing with 
her nanny, looked at hand, counted her
digits, and, surprised, “How is it,” said the child, 
“You have five fingers, like me?"

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a text in French (Français) by Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1740 - 1794), as Nicolas Chamfort
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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 30