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Ils étaient trois petits chats blancs Toujours pomponnés de rubans. Le premier au coin de l'oreille Portait une rose vermeille Le deuxième un rouge pavôt Large et pesant coquelicot Et le troisième avait derrière Une jaune rose trèmière Surveillés par un vieux corbeau Haut juché sur un escabeau, Ils entouraient une soupière Et le bouillon qui mijotait N'était pas brouet de sorcière, Mais bouillon d'herbe et de poulet.
Authorship
- by Paul Duval (1856 - 1906), as Jean Lorrain [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 Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937), "Ils étaient trois petits chats blancs", published 1936 [ voice and piano ], New York: A. Fassio [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "There were three little white cats", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 68
There were three little white cats Always dressed up with ribbons. The first wore a bright red rose In the corner of his ear, The second a red poppy, [A] large and heavy poppy, And the third had [on his backside] A yellow hollyhock. Watched by an old crow Perched high on a ladder, They surrounded a tureen, And the broth which was simmering Was not a sorcerer's [brew], But a stock of herbs and chicken.
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- a text in French (Français) by Paul Duval (1856 - 1906), as Jean Lorrain
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 76