by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)
Le gardénia
Language: French (Français)
Dans un jardin en Angleterre Il était un gardénia. Pour en fleurir sa boutonnière, Un vieux lord se l'appropria. Depuis, au jardin, il n'y a, N'y a plus de gardénia.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "Le gardénia", appears in Chantefables et Chantefleurs, Paris, Éd. Librairie Gründ, first published 1952 [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 Wiéner (1896 - 1982), "Le gardénia", 1959, published 1959, from Les Chantefleurs, no. 1, Éd. Salabert [ sung text checked 1 time]
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Word count: 30