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by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

Chanson de la citrouille
Language: French (Français) 
Il y avait une fois une citrouille 
Dans un jardin tout planté de carottes,
  De cornichons et de radis, 
Avec de vieux tons tout gris de rouille 
  Sur ses côtes. 

Pour la mieux soigner, la fée Carabosse 
  Avait même pris 
L'air d'une bonne femme des Quatre Jeudis 
  Et mis sur sa bosse 
  Un caraco gris. 

    Mais le soir, la citrouille s'ouvrait 
    Comme un carrosse enchanté, 
      El tenant les rênes 
    De ses quatre chats bottés, 
    Avec sa bosse, sa quenouille 
      Et sa marotte, 
La Carabosse s'en allait par la forêt 
  Où les fées sont reines : 

Il y avait une fois une citrouille 
Dans un jardin tout planté de carottes.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson de la citrouille", written 1901-03, appears in Le valet de cœur: poèmes, in Le jardin de ma tante, no. 2, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1908 [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 Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson de la citrouille" [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons de ma mère l'Oie, no. 6, Éd. Rouart-Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Raymond Moulaert (1875 - 1962), "Chanson de la citrouille", 1921 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Quatre poèmes de Tristan Klingsor, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 108

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