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by Paul Jean Toulet (1867 - 1920)

À Pau, les foires Saint‑Martin
Language: French (Français) 
À Pau, les foires Saint-Martin,
C'est à la Haute Plante.
Des poulains, crinière volante,
Virent dans le crottin.

Là-bas, c'est une autre entreprise.
Les chevaux sont en bois,
L'orgue enrhumé comme un hautbois,
Zo' sur un bai cerise.

Le soir tombe. Elle dit : " Merci,
" Pour la bonne journée !
" Mais j'ai la tête bien tournée... "
- Ah, Zo' : la jambe aussi.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Jean Toulet (1867 - 1920), "Chevaux de bois", written 1911, appears in Les Contrerimes, in Contrerimes, no. 32, Paris, Éd. Emile-Paul, first published 1921 [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), "Le manège", 1927, published 1929 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Cinq poèmes de P. J. Toulet, no. 3, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-05-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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