Odile rêve au bord de l'île, Lorsqu'un crocodile surgit; Odile a peur du crocodile Et, lui évitant un "ci-gît", Le crocodile croque Odile. Caï raconte ce roman, Mais, sans doute, Caï l'invente Odile alors serait vivante Et, dans ce cas-là, Caï ment. Un autre ami d'Odile, Alligue Pour faire croire à cette mort Se démène, paye et intrigue D'aucuns disent qu'Alligue à tort.
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First published in Le Potomak 1913-1914, Société Littéraire de France, Paris 1919, in "Seconde visite au Potomak".
Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Chanson du Pharynx", written 1913-1914, first published 1913-1914 [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 Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1900 - 1936), "Odile", 1922, published 1925, first performed 1926 [ high voice and piano ], from À contre-cœur, no. 2, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexandre Tharaud (b. 1968), "Odile" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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