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by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465)

Le fer est chault, il le fault batre
Language: French (Français) 
Le fer est chault, il le fault batre,
Vostre fait que savez va bien ;
Tout le saurez, sans celer rien, 
Se venez vers moy vous esbatre. 

Il a convenu fort combatre,
Mais, s'il vous plaist, parfait le tien 
Le fer est chault, il le fault batre, 
Vostre fait que savez va bien.

Convoitise vouloit rabatre
Escharsement et trop du sien ;
Mais ung peu j'ay aidié du mien,
Qui l'a fait cesser de debatre.
Le fer est chault, il le fault batre.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Poésies complètes de Charles d'Orléans. Revues sur les manuscrits avec préface, notes et glossaire par Charles d'Héricault, Tome 1, Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1896, pages 185-186.


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Rondeau CLXXXI", subtitle: "À Frédet" [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 Charles Colas , "Le fer est chaud il le faut battre", published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons et rondeaux choisis de Charles d'Orléans 1er cahier, no. 8, Paris, Édition B. Roudanez [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-12-12
Line count: 13
Word count: 81

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