by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)
Le lotus
Language: French (Français)
Le lotus et la grenouille, Il pleut, il pleut, il mouille, Surveillent le caïman, Il pleure, il pleure, il ment. Mais le lotus élégamment Protège la grenouille. Il pleut, il pleut, il mouille.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "Le lotus", appears in Chantefables et Chantefleurs, Paris, Éd. Librairie Gründ [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 Jean Wiéner (1896 - 1982), "Le lotus", 1959, published 1959 [ voice and piano ], from Les Chantefleurs, no. 33, Éd. Salabert [sung text not yet checked]
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