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by (Pierre Martin) Victor (Richard) de Laprade (1812 - 1883)

Les épis du pauvre
 (Sung text for setting by C. Fournier)
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Language: French (Français) 
Moissonneurs, sans plaindre vos peines,
Coupez le blé mûr dans les plaines,
Le blé, notre bien le plus cher,
Ce grain d'or, sous sa pale écorce,
C'est le germe de notre force,
C'est notre sang, c'est notre chair !

Composition:

    Set to music by Camille Fournier (d. 1944), "Les épis du pauvre", published 1911 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons de jeunesse, no. 4, Paris, Éd. F. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet

Text Authorship:

  • by (Pierre Martin) Victor (Richard) de Laprade (1812 - 1883), written 1858, appears in Idylles héroïques, in 1. Frantz, in 2. Moissons, Paris, Éd. Michel Lévy frères, first published 1858

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