This is part of the complete Exercises in Song cycle being released on this site.
"Present " originally appeared on p69 of Raymond Queneau's Exercices de Style in the 1998 Calderbook translation.
To be sung to the tune of "Show Me The Way To Go Home". More information here.
Show me the way I get home
I'm tired and I really want a rest
I drink, and then I pause for, oh, an hour or so
As I'm not quite at my best
I sing as I draw near:
That's the melody you hear.
As I wander over land, sea and foam,
I seek my home: is it here?
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