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by Léon Fourneau (1867 - 1953), as Léon Xanrof

Le Petit Chat
Language: French (Français) 
Il était un petit chat. Miaou!
qui n'écoutait maman ni papa.
Un jour dans sa tasse du lait. Miaou!
il vit une mouche qui buvait.
Le petit chat veut l'attraper. Miaou!
mais la mouche s'est mise à voler.
Sur une chaise la voici. Miaou!
le petit chat, vite, y grimp' aussi.
Elle vole sur le lit. Miaou!
et le petit chat, vite, y bondit!
Par la fenêtre elle s'envola. Miaou!
et le petit chat, vite, y sauta!
Mais tandis quelle s'envolait. Miaou!
le petit chat dans la cour tombait!
Il tomba de très, très haut. Miaou!
mais heureusement dans un baquet d'eau!
Il en sortit frissonnant. Miaou!
Mais maintenant écoute sa maman!

Text Authorship:

  • by Léon Fourneau (1867 - 1953), as Léon Xanrof [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 Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959), "Le Petit Chat", 1929, published 1977 [ medium voice and piano ], from Dětské písně = Trois Chants de Noël = Three Christmas Songs, no. 3, Praha (Prague), Éd. Schott Panton; title in Czech is 'Koṱátko' [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-02
Line count: 18
Word count: 112

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