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by Paul Arosa (b. 1874)

Chanson bretonne
Language: French (Français) 
Il était un pauv' petit gas
Que ses parents n'chérissaient pas.
Sans pain, sans eau, sans jamais rien,
Il mangeait la soupe du chien.

Il s'était tant désespéré,
Chaq' soir il avait tan pleuré,
Se sentant toujours le vent' creux,
Qu'il n'avait plus de larm' aux yeux.

Mais un jour il dit au bon Dieu 
D'avoir pitié de son ptit' fieu 
Qui n'voulait plus toujours souffrir,
Et ce jour-là Dieu l'fit mourir.

A présent l'gas est bien heureux ;
C'est un ange vêtu de bleu.
Mais le vieux chien n'veut plus manger:
Il n'a plus d'soupe à partager.

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Arosa (b. 1874) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958), "Chanson bretonne", op. 18 (2 Chansons) no. 2 (1902), published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Paris: J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

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