Les sorciers et les fées dansent sur le côteau leurs pas brûlants font des huit noirs sous les méteils, ils dansent de la nuit venue au jour nouveau pour honorer le saint qui rourrit les abeilles. Et sept nuits et sept jours ils font la ronde encor jusqu'au huitième soir où géantes cigales les fées jouent de la flûte et les sorciers du cor pour honorer le dieu qui nourrit les étoiles.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Chanson de fol", appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in Complaintes et Dits, no. 3, Paris, Eugène Figuière, first published 1913 [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 Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Chanson de fol", H. 9 no. 3 (1916), from Trois Poèmes de Paul Fort, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Hubeau (1917 - 1992), "Chanson de fol", published 1942 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], from Quatre Chansons de Paul Fort, no. 2, Éd. Pierre Noël [sung text not yet checked]
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