Chanson de Monsieur Benoist | Fera-t-il beau temps, pleuvra-t-il ?

by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

Fera‑t‑il beau temps, pleuvra‑t‑il ?

Language: French (Français)

Fera-t-il beau temps, pleuvra-t-il ? 
Prends ta canne, Monsieur Benoist ;
Fera-t-il beau temps, pleuvra-t-il ?
Qui le sait ? ni pape, ni roi ;
Prends ta canne de bois 
Des îles[.] 

Qui peut savoir où le vent file ?
Bon courage, Monsieur Benoist ;
Qui peut savoir où le vent file ?
Rêve de femme est plus subtil ;
Prends ta canne de bois 
Des îles. 

Que femme au retour crie ou danse, 
Bon courage, Monsieur Benoist ;
Que femme au retour crie ou danse,
Prends ta pipe, Monsieur Benoist,
Prends ta pipe de bois 
De France.

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Confirmed with Anthologie poétique du XXe siècle, Tome second, ed. by Robert de la Vaissière, Paris, Les Éditions G. Crès, 1923, page 26.

Text Authorship:

by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson de Monsieur Benoist", written 1921?, appears in Humoresques, in 3. Chansons de bonne humeur, no. 3, Amiens, Bibliothèque du Hérisson, Éd. E. Malfère, 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 Gabriel Grovlez (1879 - 1944), "L'aubade à Monsieur Benoist", published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Deuxième recueil de chansons enfantines, no. 6, Paris, Éd Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson de Monsieur Benoist", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons de bonne humeur, no. 4, Éd. Rouart & Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]

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