by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)
L'alligator
Language: French (Français)
Sur les bords du Mississippi Un alligator se tapit, Il vit passer un négrillon Et lui dit: "Bonjour, mon garçon." Mais le nègre lui dit: "Bonsoir, La nuit tombe, il va faire noir, Je suis petit et j'aurais tort De parler à l'alligator." Sur les bords du Mississippi L'alligator a du dépit, Car il voulait au réveillon Manger le tendre négrillon.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "L'alligator", appears in Pour les Enfants Sages, in Chantefables, no. 12, first published 1944 [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 Roger Albin (1920 - 2001), "L'alligator", 1969?, published 1969 [ soprano and piano or small orchestra ], from Chantefables pour les enfants sages, no. 7, Éd. du Rideau Rouge (R 497 RC) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Barraud (1900 - 1997), "L'alligator", op. 36 no. 6 (1945) [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit chantefables pour les enfants sages, Éd. Françaises de Musique-Sofirad [sung text not yet checked]
- by Witold Lutoslawski (1913 - 1994), "L'alligator ", 1990, published 1992, first performed 1991 [ high voice and orchestra or piano ], from Chantefleurs et chantefables, no. 7, Universal Editions [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Wiéner (1896 - 1982), "L'alligator", 1955, from Trente Chantefables pour les Enfants Sages, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61