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by Paul Vaillant-Couturier (1892 - 1937)

Jeu du camp fou
Language: French (Français) 
Puisque Jean est avocat
Notre tente il plantera
Puisque Pierre est horloger
Il cuira notre manger.
Rime, rime, rime la rime,
Rime, rime, rime sans raison,
Toute la semaine on trime
Aujourd’hui nous nous échappons.

Puisque Pierre est horloger
Il cuira notre manger.
Puisque Louis est métallo
Il ira chercher de l’eau.
Rime, rime, rime la rime, …

Puisque Louis est métallo
Il ira chercher de l’eau
Puisque Jeanne est midinette
Elle essuiera les assiettes.
Rime, rime, rime la rime, …

Puisque Jeanne est midinette
Elle essuiera les assiettes
Puisque Yette est pâtissière
Elle ira chercher les pierres.
Rime, rime, rime la rime, …

Puisque Yette est pâtissière
Elle ira chercher les pierres
Puisque Joseph est typo
Il récurera les pots.
Rime, rime, rime la rime, …

Puisque Joseph est typo
Il récurera les pots
Puisque Yvette est dactylo
Qu’elle garde les vélos.
Rime, rime, rime la rime, …

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Vaillant-Couturier (1892 - 1937) [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 André Jolivet (1905 - 1974), "Jeu du camp fou", 1937 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-10-10
Line count: 33
Word count: 149

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