Chansons gaillardes, FP 42

The Chansons gaillardes (Ribald songs) FP 42, are a song cycle of eight pieces composed by Francis Poulenc in 1925–26 "in euphoria and post-war" on anonymous texts of the 17th century. The work was dedicated to Mme Fernand Allard.

This cycle was premiered in concert on 2 May 1926 at the Salle des agriculteurs, 8 rue d'Athènes in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, by Pierre Bernac, as a 26-year-old baritone virtually unknown, and Francis Poulenc, 27 years old, as the pianist. It was the memory of this first collaboration that would bring together Poulenc and Bernac several years later for many international tours, from 1934 to 1959.