La ronde

Si toutes les filles du monde voulaient s'donner la main,
  tout autour de la mer elles pourraient faire une ronde.

Si tous les gars du monde voulaient bien êtr' marins,
  ils f'raient avec leurs barques un joli pont sur l'onde.

Alors on pourrait faire une ronde autour du monde,
  si tous les gens du monde voulaient s'donner la main.

by Paul Fort (1872-1960)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by André Caplet (1879-1925) , "La ronde", published 1919, from Cinq ballades françaises de Paul Fort, no. 2.
by Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) , "La ronde", 1921, from Six Ballades Françaises de Paul Fort, no. 6.

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