by Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1740 - 1794), as Nicolas Chamfort
Les coups de pieds
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Le régent voulant aller au bal sans y être reconnu: "J'en sais un moyen" dit l'abbé Dubois; et, dans le bal, il lui donna des coups de pied au... Le régent, qui les trouvait trop forts, passant rêveusement la main sur son derrière, "L'abbé, dit-il, tu me déguises trop".
Authorship:
- by Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1740 - 1794), as Nicolas Chamfort [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 Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997), "Les coups de pieds", 1948, published 1951 [ baritone and piano ], from Huit anecdotes de Chamfort, no. 2, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Kicks", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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