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(French, 1808–1879)
Voulez-vous de l'or...? (Do you want gold...?), 1838
Lithograph
General Acquisitions Fund, 1944.189.13
Robert Macaire and his sidekick Bertrand are hawking their wares on a street corner. Macaire encourages passersby to get rich quickly by speculating on industrial commodities.
Voulez-vous de l’or ; voulez-vous de l’argent, voulez-vous des diamans, des millions, des milliasses ? Approchez, faites-vous servir .......... Baoud ! Baoud ! Baoud-boud-boud !! Voici du bitume, voici de l’acier, du plomb, de l’or, du papier, voici du ferrrrrr gallllllvanisé .......... Venez, venez, venez vite, la loi va changer, vous allez tout perdre, dépechez-vous, prenez, prenez vos billets ! prenez vos billets !! (Chaud, chaud, la mu-sique.) Baoud ! Baoud !! Baoud-baoud-baoud !! Baoud ! Baoud !!
Do you want gold; do you want silver, do you want diamonds, millions, trillions? Step right up and be served... Boom! Boom! Boom-boom-boom!! We've got bitumen; we've got steel, lead, gold, paper; we've got gaaalllvanized iirrron... Step right up, hurry, the law is going to change, you'll lose everything, hurry up, buy, buy your bonds! Buy your bonds!! (Hot, hot, the mu-sic.) Boom! Boom!! Boom-boom-boom!! Boom! Boom!)
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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) Voulez-vous de l'or...? (Do you want gold...?), 1838 Lithograph General Acquisitions Fund, 1944.189.13
Robert Macaire and his sidekick Bertrand are hawking their wares on a street corner. Macaire encourages passersby to get rich quickly by speculating on industrial commodities.
Voulez-vous de l’or ; voulez-vous de l’argent, voulez-vous des diamans, des millions, des milliasses ? Approchez, faites-vous servir .......... Baoud ! Baoud ! Baoud-boud-boud !! Voici du bitume, voici de l’acier, du plomb, de l’or, du papier, voici du ferrrrrr gallllllvanisé .......... Venez, venez, venez vite, la loi va changer, vous allez tout perdre, dépechez-vous, prenez, prenez vos billets ! prenez vos billets !! (Chaud, chaud, la mu-sique.) Baoud ! Baoud !! Baoud-baoud-baoud !! Baoud ! Baoud !!
Do you want gold; do you want silver, do you want diamonds, millions, trillions? Step right up and be served... Boom! Boom! Boom-boom-boom!! We've got bitumen; we've got steel, lead, gold, paper; we've got gaaalllvanized iirrron... Step right up, hurry, the law is going to change, you'll lose everything, hurry up, buy, buy your bonds! Buy your bonds!! (Hot, hot, the mu-sic.) Boom! Boom!! Boom-boom-boom!! Boom! Boom!)