Le diable court dans la nuit, avec des yeux d'rubis, avec sa p'tite fourchette fait la chasse aux souris, Il en tue trois cent mille, les jette à l'abreuvoir, allume sa p'tite fourchette et fait cuire le potage, Il le fera manger aux amants malappris qui ne pensent qu'à rire et tout l'jour se pourlichent, Et quand auront vomi leurs cœurs à l'abreuvoir avec sa p'tite fourchette il en fera des écuelles qu'il attachera, toutes, à sa queue verdoyante, pour faire du bruit, du bruit, pendant les nuits d'orage.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), no title, written 1895, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La ronde autour du monde, in 1. Chansons, no. 14, appears in Ballades françaises, in Ballades aux champs, sur la route et devant l'atre, no. 6, first published 1895 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Henriëtte Bosmans (1895 - 1952), "Le diable dans la nuit", 1935 [ medium voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies, no. 5, Amsterdam, Éd. Broekmans en Van Poppel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lionel Noël Ferdinand Daunais (1902 - 1982), "Le diable dans la nuit", published 2006 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Ballades de Paul Fort, no. 4, Québec, Éd. du Nouveau Théâtre Musical [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Hubeau (1917 - 1992), "Le diable dans la nuit", published 1942 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], from Quatre Chansons de Paul Fort, no. 3, Éd. Pierre Noël [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865 - 1950), "Le diable dans la nuit", copyright © 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Rondes et ballades françaises, no. 5, Genève : Édition Henn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "Le Diable dans la nuit", published 1926 [ low voice and piano ], from Chants de la mer et des Villages, no. 7, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henriette Puig-Roget (1910 - 1992), "Le Diable dans la nuit", 1933, published 1934 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Ballades de Paul Fort, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
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