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by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969)

J'ai la toux dans mon jeu
Language: French (Français) 
J’ai la toux dans mon jeu,
C’est ainsi que je gagne
Les cœurs aventureux
Qui battent la campagne.

Appuyés à mon lit
Que secouent mes morts feintes
Des jeunes gens pâlis
Se pâment à mes quintes.

Toujours prêts aux adieux,
Car je suis fée d’automne,
Ils prennent à mon jeu
La mort que la toux donne.

Ils saisissent les fleurs
Dont j’ai la bouche pleine,
La bouche à mes couleurs
Et les fleurs de mes veines,

Pour les manger rougies
De mes mauvais desseins
Et goûter en ma vie
Le bouquet de leur fin.

Torses que la toux bombe,
Regards fermés au jour,
Ils roulent vers la tombe
Où vont mes gains d’amour.

J’ai la toux dans mon jeu
C’est ainsi que je gagne
Les cœurs aventureux
Qui battent la campagne.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "J'ai la toux dans mon jeu", appears in Fiançailles pour rire, no. 10, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1939 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Louise-Marie Simon (1903 - 1990), as Claude Arrieu, "J'ai la toux dans mon jeu", 1944-1945, published 1946 [ voice and piano ], from Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, no. 4, Éditions Amphion [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-01-23
Line count: 28
Word count: 131

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