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L'Insecte
French source: Robert Pinget

Ambulatoire et trostement l’insecte
craignant de se voir appréhendé par
le gendarme ratiocine car
il n’est aucun déguisement possible
en face d’un coup de tonnerre

The insect
English translation © Anon.

Walking about and sad the insect fearing to be arrested by the gendarme reasons with him for no disguise is possible faced with a thunderclap

L'Insecte
French source: Robert Pinget

The insect
English source: Anon.

Ambulatoire et trostement l’insecte
Walking about and sad the insect fearing to be arrested by the gendarme reasons with him for no disguise is possible faced with a thunderclap
craignant de se voir appréhendé par
le gendarme ratiocine car
il n’est aucun déguisement possible
en face d’un coup de tonnerre

Composer

Germaine Tailleferre

The composer Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) played the piano and organ, taught and also painted. Thanks to her father’s opposition to her musical education, she changed her name early on from ‘Taillefesse’ to ‘Tailleferre’. Her mother gave her…

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