Everyone is Joyous! | Everyone is joyous, joyous!

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by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Tout gai!

Language: French (Français) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: ENG GER HUN ITA SPA

Tout gai! gai, Ha, tout gai!
[Belle jambe, tireli, qui danse;
Belle jambe]¹, la vaisselle danse,
Tra la la la la...

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¹ as printed according to the Dover score; however, one CD booklet has "Belle jambes, tireli, qui dansent;/ Belle jambes".

Text Authorship:

by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Tout gai!", M. A. 9 no. 5 (1904-6), published 1909 [voice and piano], from Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, no. 5, not originally part of this cycle; based on Hubert Pernot's "6 Chanson grecque de l'Ile de Chio" [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Everyone is Joyous!", copyright ©
GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , title 1: "Ganz heiter!", 2004, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , title 1: "¡Venga alegría!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Tutto è allegro!", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , title 1: "Csupa vidámság!", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 21

Everyone is Joyous!

Language: English after the French (Français)

Everyone is joyous, joyous!
Beautiful legs, tireli, which dance,
Beautiful legs; even the dishes are dancing!
Tra la la, la la la!

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 22