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by Paul Forgeoux

Noël des petits gamins
Language: French (Français) 
Noël ! Noël ! Par maints chemins
S'essoufflent de petits gamins
Pour visiter dans une étable
Sur lecoin d'une vieille table
Une crèche à peine sortable.
A ce chef-d'œuvre détestable
Dieu sait les efforts surhumains,
Qu'ont prodigués les lourdes mains
Du pâtour de la métairie.
Aussi, pour que Jésus sourie,
Tous font en chœur, risquant trois pas,
En patois, la mine polie,
Uneprière si jolie,
Que le marmot ne comprend pas.

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Forgeoux  [author's text not yet checked 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 René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Noël des petits gamins", op. 26 no. 2 (1922), published 1922 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons pour le jour de Noël, no. 2, Paris, Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-09-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 69

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