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Dansez, les petites filles, Toutes en rond. En vous voyant si gentilles, Les bois riront. Dansez, les petites reines, Toutes en rond. Les amoureux sous les frênes S'embrasseront. Dansez, les petites [belles]1, Toutes en rond. Les bouquins dans les écoles Bougonneront. Dansez, les petites belles, Toutes en rond. Les oiseaux avec leurs ailes Applaudiront. Dansez, les petites fées, Toutes en rond. Dansez, de bleuets coiffées, L'aurore au front. Dansez, les petites femmes, Toutes en rond. Les messieurs diront aux dames Ce qu'ils voudront.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Reber: "folles"
Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Chanson de grand-père", appears in L'Art d'être grand-père, in 16. Deux chansons, no. 1, first published 1877 [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 Max Arham (flourished 1911-1917), "Chanson de grand-père", <<1917 [ vocal duet with piano ], from Douze mélodies, 4e série, no. 73, Paris, Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri-Jean Clavié (1865 - 1945), "La Chanson de grand-père", published [1924] [ medium voice and piano ], Bordeaux [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustave Feutry , "La Chanson du grand-père", subtitle: "Ronde", <<1882 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jaap Geraedts (1924 - 2003), "Ronde", published 1953 [ high voice and piano ], Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anatole Lionnet (1832 - 1896), "Chanson de Grand-Père", published <<1888 [ vocal duet for mezzo-soprano and soprano with piano ], Paris, Édition Lemoine et Fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by Napoléon-Henri Reber (1807 - 1880), "Chanson de grand-père" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexis Jean Hubert Rostand (1844 - 1919), "Chanson de grand-père", subtitle: "Ronde des petites filles" [ SA chorus and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 20, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel et Fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dagmar de Corval Rybner (1890 - 1965), "Chanson de Grandpere" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 85
Dance, little girls, all in a ring. Seeing you so sweet, the woods will laugh. Dance, little queens, all in a ring. The lovers in the ash-grove will kiss. Dance, little pretty ones, all in a ring. The books in the schools will grumble. Dance, little pretty ones, all in a ring. The birds, with their wings, will applaud. Dance, little fairies, all in a ring, with cornflowers in your hair, dawn colours on your faces. Dance, little women, all in a ring. The gentlemen will tell the ladies what they would like.
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Translation of title "Chanson de grand-père" = "Grandfather's Song"Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2022 by Peter Low, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Chanson de grand-père", appears in L'Art d'être grand-père, in 16. Deux chansons, no. 1, first published 1877
This text was added to the website: 2022-06-16
Line count: 24
Word count: 93