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by Alexis Piron (1689 - 1773)

La puce
Language: French (Français) 
Au dortoir 
Sur le soir 
La sœur Luce 
En chemise et sans mouchoir 
Cherchait du blanc au noir 
A surprendre une puce

A tâtons 
Du téton 
A la cuisse, 
L'animal ne fait qu'un saut 
Ensuite un peu plus haut 
Se glisse 
Dans une petite ouverture 
Croyant sa retraite sûre

De pincer 
Sans danger 
Il se flatte 
Luce, pour se soulager 
Y porte un doigt léger 
Et grate

En ce lieu 
Par ce jeu 
Tout l'humecte 
A force de chatouiller 
Venant à se mouiller 
Elle noya l'insecte

Mais enfin 
Ce lutin 
Qui rend l'âme 
Veut faire un dernier effort, 
Luce grattant plus fort 
Se pâme

Text Authorship:

  • by Alexis Piron (1689 - 1773), "La puce" [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 Patrick Burgan (b. 1960), "La puce" [reciter and piano], from 3 chansons érotiques pour voix et piano, no. 2, Éd. Jobert [ sung text not verified ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-29
Line count: 32
Word count: 104

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