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Duet for two alto voices and piano.
The piano part is rather more ornate than the original guitar version (also available on MyScoreStore) and the setting is higher than that original.

Poem by Jacques Prévert, set to music with permission from Hughes Bachelot and duly registered with PRS for SACEM.
Any performances must be declared to the SDRM.

The audio sample is an electronic preview (as in the version for two saxophones and piano).

Embauché malgré moi ... Taken on, against my will,
dans l'usine à idées ... at the thought factory,
j'ai refusé de pointer ...I refused to clock on
Mobilisé de même ... Conscripted just the same
dans l'armée des idées ...into the thought army
j'ai déserté ...I deserted
Je n'ai jamais compris ...I've never understood
grand-chose ...much
Il n'y a jamais ....There is never
grand-chose ...much
ni petite chose ...nor little details
Il y a autre chose. ...there's something else

Autre chose ...something else
c'est ce que j'aime ...that's what I like
qui me plaît ...what pleases me
et que je fais. ...and what I do
Embauché malgré moi ...Taken on, against my will...