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Sirocco, joli vent chaud, Mets tes espadrilles, Entre dans la chambre en chaux De la jeune fille; Fais-la sortir de son lit Et se chercher un mari, Dans la ville de Paris, Loin de sa famille.
Note: an unpublished poem given to Durey by Cocteau.
Authorship
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), written 1919? [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 Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Polka", op. 23 no. 2 (1919), published 1927 [medium voice, string quartet or wind quartet and piano], from Chansons basques, no. 2, La Sirène Musicale [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Victoria de Menil) , title 1: "Polka", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Polka", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 36
Sirocco, pretty, warm-wind Put on your espadrilles Come into the white-washed room Of the young girl; Make her get out of bed And look for a husband In the city of Paris Far from her family.
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- a text in French (Français) by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), written 1919?
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37