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by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)

Le chat qui ne ressemble à rien
Language: French (Français) 
Le chat qui ne ressemble à rien
Aujourd'hui ne va pas très bien.

Il va visiter le Docteur
Qui lui ausculte le cœur.

Votre cœur ne va pas bien
Il ne ressemble à rien,

Il n'a pas son pareil
De Paris à Créteil.

Il va visiter sa demoiselle
Qui lui regarde la cervelle.

Votre cervelle ne va pas bien
Elle ne ressemble à rien,

Elle n'a pas son contraire
À la surface de la terre.

Voilà pourquoi le chat qui ne ressemble à rien
Est triste aujourd'hui et ne va pas bien.

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "Le chat qui ne ressemble à rien", written 1932, appears in Destinée arbitraire, in La Ménagerie de Tristan, no. 5 [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 Joseph Kosma (1905 - 1969), "Le chat qui ne ressemble à rien", 1965, published 1967 [ voice and piano ], from La Ménagerie de Tristan, no. 2, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-02-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 92

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