At 01:09 PM 2/18/95 -0700, jeffrey floyd stevens wrote:
>I need help translating the text surrounding a 1844 lithograph by
>Daumier.  Any help would be most appreciated.  The text is as follows:
>
>(above image)  Les Carottes
>
>(below image)  Carotte Dramatique - Couplet au public
>                Air de la Sentinelle
>
>(verse accompanying image)
>A vous, messieurs je madresse ee soir,
>Vous avez tant d'esprit, tant de finesse;
>A vous, messieurs, norte orgueil, notre espoir,
>Je viens (unknown word, three letters, like "iei") confesser ma faiblesse;
>Ah, dounez-moi, juge trop indulgent,
>Un boucher contre bien des attaques,
>Donnez-moi, public obligeant,
>Vos soins, vos conseils...votre argent;
>Et surtout donnez-moi des claques.
>
>Thank you again for your help.  Any information is greatly needed.
>
>Sincerely, Jeff Stevens
>
 
I may be mistaken, but I believe the translation of that last line should
be:  "Above all, give me your applause."
Janis Beth Wilkens
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Museum of York County
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