by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Poule
Language: French (Français)
Hélas! ma soeur, bête bête,
Ce n'est pas à cause de ton chant,
De ton chant pour l'oeuf
Que l'homme te croit bonne.
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Poule", appears in Les Animaux et leurs hommes, les hommes et leurs animaux, in Les Animaux et leurs hommes, no. 5, first published 1920 [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 Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), as Henri Sauguet, "Poule", 1921, published 1926 [ tenor and piano ], from Les animaux et leurs hommes, no. 6, Éd. Jobert [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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