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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Une chanson folle et légère
Language: French (Français) 
Une chanson folle et légère
Comme le drapeau tricolore
Court furieusement dans l’air,
Fifrant une France âpre encore.

Sa gaîté qui rit d’elle-même
Et du reste en passant se moque
Pourtant veut bien dire : Tandem !
Et vaticine le grand choc.

Écoutez ! le flonflon se pare
Des purs accents de la Patrie,
Espèce de chant du départ
Du gosse effrayant de Paris.

Il est le rythme, il est la joie,
Il est la Revanche essayée,
Il est l’entrain, il est tout, quoi !
Jusqu’au juron luron qui sied,

Jusqu’au cri de reconnaissance
Qu’on pousse quand il faut qu’on meure
De sang-froid, dans tout son bon sens,
Avec de l’honneur plein son cœur !

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Amour, Vanier (Messein), 1905, pages 45-46.


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Gais et contents", written 1887, appears in Amour, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1888 [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 (Rudolf) Walther Hirschberg (1889 - 1960), "Le drapeau tricolore" [ high voice and piano ], from 12 Mélodies, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georges (Jerzy) Nawrocki , "Gais et contents", 1971/1972 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-03-03
Line count: 20
Word count: 111

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