by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
...d'une dévote
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ci-gît une dévote et qui fut des plus franches, Qui sous de modestes, sous de modestes atours Allait à Vêpres les dimanches. Que faisait-elle, Ami, les autres jours? Ca! ça! ça! ça! Ca, c'est une autre paire de manches.
Authorship
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, 18th century [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 Pierre-E.-L. Rousseau (1889 - 1939), "...d'une dévote", op. 73 no. 2 (1936), from Cinq épitaphes, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Pierre Cao) , "...of an excessively pious woman", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Pierre Cao
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-14
Line count: 6
Word count: 39