Chansons gaillardes

Chansons gaillardes (FR) »Strong, jolly, wanton, broad, or gallant« [Bawdy] Songs. Poulenc's settings (1925 / 26) for voice and piano of anonymous poems from the 17th century. The texts (except #2 and 5) come from an 18th century anthology, with the popmpous, humorous insignia »Chansons joyeuses, Mises au jour, par un aneonyme, onissime, Nouvelle Edition . . . a Paris, Londres, et Ispahan . . .« All the meanings of gaillarde are apt for the racy texts, full of double meanings. Poulenc mentions…