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by François de Maynard (1582? - 1646)

D'une maigre dame
Language: French (Français) 
Catherine ne me plaît point :
Elle est sèche comme Cannelle ;
On ne saurait trouver sur elle
Pour quatre deniers d'embonpoint.

La Chétive n'a, de sa vie,
Pu voir qu'avecques de l'envie
La graisse des Harengs saurets.

Les Amants de ce corps étique
Disent qu'à son genou qui pique
Il faut un bout comme aux Fleurets.

Text Authorship:

  • by François de Maynard (1582? - 1646), "D'une maigre dame", appears in Épigrammes à Monseigneur le Cardinal Mazarin, first published 1646 [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 Jacques Leguerney (1906 - 1997), "D'une maigre dame", 1949, published 1951, first performed 1950 [bass or baritone and piano], from Sept Poèmes de François Maynard, no. 4, Paris, Mondia (distributed by Salabert) [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-05-25
Line count: 10
Word count: 55

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