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Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires"

S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 14 juillet1888|13.50 x 21 cm|trois feuillets

€400
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Autograph song in octosyllables dated and signed by Maurice Mac-Nab entitled "Le banquet des maires", 58 lines in black ink on three leaves.
Maurice Mac-Nab, poet and hydropath songwriter (he wrote a thesis on hangovers), performed notably at the famous Montmartre cabaret Chat Noir where he recited "advertising songs".
"Le banquet des maires"
Enfant gâté de mon canton
Depuis quartorze ans je suis maire
Bien que je me flatte, dit-on,
D'être un peu réactionnaire
Un beau matin monsieur Floquet
Me dépêche une circulaire :
Il me convie au grand banquet
Que nous offre le Ministère (bis)
"Je t'en prie, Hector, n'y va pas,
Me disait en pleurant ma femme,
Ils ont inventé ce repas,
Pour se faire de la réclame ! "
Mais je lui répondis : "Tais-toi,
Joséphine, c'est mon affaire.
Je ne suis pas fâché, ma foi
De voir de près ce Ministère ! (bis)
Je pars la veille du grand jour
Suivi de toute la fanfare
Les pompiers viennent à leur tour
M'accompagner jusqu'à la gare.
Mille gamins poussent des cris :
Faut il que je sois populaire !
La voyage est à moitié prix :
Un bon point pour le Ministère ! (bis)
Nous étions quatre mille et plus
Entassés dans la grande salle.
Un vrai festin de Lucullus !
A sa place chacun s'installa
Un grand laquais d'un air narquois
Sans cesse me remplit mon verre :
C'est du Bordeaux de premier choix,
Ne blaguons plus le Ministère ! (bis)
"Monsieur, murmure près de moi
Un maire, habitant les montagnes
Vr
aiment, je ne sais pas pourquoi
Ca va si mal dans nos campagnes ! ..
Oui, m'écriai-je tout à coup
"En soupirant je lui réponds : (phrase barrée)
"Chez nous non plus ça ne va guère !
En attendant, je bois un coup,
A la santé du Ministère ! (bis)
On n'entendait plus plus d'autre bruit
Que le craquement des mâchoires.
Floquet n'avait pas d'appétit,
Mais il calculait ses victoires !
Nous sommes joliment traités,
On nous prend par la bonne chère.
Passez moi les petits pâtés,
Vive à jamais le Ministère ! (bis)
Neuf heures ! Il faut s'en aller,
Tant pis, car la cuisine est bonne.
Je sens mes jambes flageoler,
A mes voisins je me cramponne.
Cahin, caha, chacun portait
Trébuchant et roulant par terre :
Braves gens, mumurait Floquet.
Ils soutiendront le Ministère ! (bis).
Maurice Mac-Nab.
Au dos du troisième feuillet, Maurice Mac-Nab a inscrit la date du 14 juillet 1888
["Le banquet des maires"
Spoiled child of my canton
For fourteen years I have been mayor
Although I flatter myself, they say,
Of being somewhat reactionary
One fine morning Monsieur Floquet
Sends me a circular:
He invites me to the grand banquet
That the Ministry offers us (repeat)
"I beg you, Hector, don't go there,
My wife said to me, weeping,
They invented this meal,
To advertise themselves!"
But I replied: "Be quiet,
Josephine, it's my business.
I'm not displeased, my word
To see this Ministry up close! (repeat)
I leave the day before the great day
Followed by the entire brass band
The firemen come in their turn
To accompany me to the station.
A thousand children shout:
How popular I must be!
The journey is half price:
A good point for the Ministry! (repeat)
We were four thousand and more
Crammed into the great hall.
A true feast of Lucullus!
Everyone settled in their place
A tall lackey with a mocking air
Constantly refills my glass:
It's first-choice Bordeaux,
Let's not mock the Ministry anymore! (repeat)
"Sir, murmurs near me
A mayor, living in the mountains
Truly, I don't know why
Things are going so badly in our countryside!..
Yes, I cried out suddenly
"Sighing I reply to him: (crossed-out sentence)
"At our place it's not going well either!
Meanwhile, I'll drink a toast,
To the health of the Ministry! (repeat)
No other sound could be heard
Than the cracking of jaws.
Floquet had no appetite,
But he was calculating his victories!
We are nicely treated,
They win us over with good food.
Pass me the little pâtés,
Long live the Ministry forever! (repeat)
Nine o'clock! We must leave,
Too bad, for the cooking is good.
I feel my legs trembling,
I cling to my neighbors.
Tottering, everyone carried on
Stumbling and rolling on the ground:
Good people, murmured Floquet.
They will support the Ministry! (repeat).
Maurice Mac-Nab.
On the back of the third leaf, Maurice Mac-Nab inscribed the date of July 14, 1888"].
Fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope, creases and small tears also at the foot of the leaves without affecting the text, notes written in blue pencil remain although they have been erased.

Bibliographical description of this copy

  • author:
    MAC-NAB Maurice
  • Publisher:
    s. n.
  • Places of publication:
    s. l.(Paris)
  • Year:
    14 juillet1888
  • Dimensions:
    13.50 x 21 cm
Réf : 83422|€400
Maurice MAC-NAB • Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires" • Autograph • 1888
Maurice MAC-NAB • Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires" • Autograph • 1888
Maurice MAC-NAB • Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires" • Autograph • 1888
Maurice MAC-NAB • Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires" • Autograph • 1888
Maurice MAC-NAB • Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires" • Autograph • 1888
Maurice MAC-NAB • Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires" • Autograph • 1888
€400
⬨ 83422

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