by Nicolas-Sébastien Roch (1740 - 1794), as Nicolas Chamfort
De quelques Français
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Drôles et gambadant come des singes, certains Français, avec la faconde des perroquets, feraient volontiers des Ministres; Mais en fait d'inutilité, il ne faut que le nécessaire, et l'Académie y pourvoit déjà... Mais chut: l'Etranger nous écoute. Et j'aime toujours ma Patrie.
Text 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), "De quelques Français", 1948, published 1951 [ baritone and piano ], from Huit anecdotes de Chamfort, no. 7, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "On some Frenchmen ", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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