Le taciturne clown, Tout barbouillé de rose, Le taciturne clown, Tout barbouillé de blanc, Le taciturne clown Jamais ne se repose, Tout barbouillé de blanc, Tout barbouillé de rose. Jamais on n'a vu ris Étoiler son visage, Jamais on n'a vu ris Etoiler ses deux yeux, Jamais on n'a vu ris, Gai, triste, fol ou sage, Etoiler ses deux yeux, Etoiler son visage... Clopin-clopant, — Bravo!.. Son visage est si triste!.. Clopin-clopant, — Bravo !.. Ses lèvres vont parler... Clopin-clopant, — Bravo... — Idiot ! — Quel artiste !... Ses lèvres vont parler..., Son visage est si triste... Le taciturne clown, Tout barbouillé de rose, Le taciturne clown, Tout barbouillé de blanc, Le taciturne clown A jamais se repose, Tout barbouillé de blanc, Tout barbouillé de rose...
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Confirmed with Jacques d'Avray, Les tragipoèmes - 1ère série (1892-1906) [s.n.], São Paulo, 1916, p. 13
Authorship:
- by José de Freitas Valle (1870 - 1958), as Jacques d'Avray, "Dernière exhibition", appears in Les tragipoëmes, in Le clown, first published 1916 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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