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by Boris Vian (1920 - 1959)

La vraie rigolade
Language: French (Français) 
Dans l'métro, ca y sent mauvais.
Et on n'a l'y droit d'y rien faire:
»Défense de cracher du sang.«
»Défense de fumer des harengs.«
»Les places tamponées sette et uitt
Sont réservotées aux squelettes
Et aux lépreux et aux jésuites
Par ordre de prioritette. «
On sort, et là, i faut qu'on jette
Les cadavres dans la corbeille
Et au Luxembourg c'est pareille
»On n'a pas l'droit d'brouter l'oseille«
»Il faut t'nir les cercueils en laisse«
»Faut pas marcher sur le curé«
Et pour se reposir la faisse
Faut qula chaisière se soye tirée
Viens au bistro c'est bien plus chouette
On peut apporter sa cuvette
On peut cracher tout l'sang quon veut
Laisser les cercueilles se marrer
Danser le souingue sur le curé
Et fumer des têtes coupées
Céti pas mieux ? Céti pas mieux ?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Boris Vian (1920 - 1959) [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 Edison Vasilyevich Denisov (1929 - 1996), "La vraie rigolade", 1973 [ soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion ], from La vie en rouge, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-04
Line count: 23
Word count: 135

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