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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Pour le jour des rois
Language: French (Français) 
Le jour de l'Epiphanie
Il faut boire toujours plein
Amis écoutez ce refrain
Chantez-le je vous prie,
Refrain
Le Roy boit, le Roy boit, le Roy boit
Eh! Pourquoi ne boirions-nous pas comme le Roy!
Il a défendu l'usage
De boire à table de l'eau,
Du grand monarque du gâteau
L'ordonnance est bien sage. au Ref
Il aime la bonne chère,
Le beau sexe et le bon vin
Ce sont des garants bien certains
Que la raison l'éclaire. au Ref
Qu'on se dispute la gloire
A qui boira plus de vin,
Sa majesté pourra fort bien
Remporter la victoire. au Ref

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [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 Marie-Joseph-Alexandre Déodat de Séverac (1872 - 1921), "Pour le jour des rois", 1905, published 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons du XVIIIème siècle, no. 5, Éd. E. Meuriot, A. Rouart successeur [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 101

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