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by Charles Cros (1842 - 1888)

Tableau
Language: French (Français) 
Enclavé dans les rails, engraissé de scories, 
Leur petit potager plaît à mes rêveries. 
Le père est aiguilleur à la gare de Lyon. 
Il fait honnêtement et sans rébellion
Son dur métier. Sa femme, hélas ! qui serait blonde,
Sans le sombre glacis du charbon, le seconde.
Leur enfant, ange rose éclos dans cet enfer
Fait des petits châteaux avec du mâchefer.
A quinze ans il vendra des journaux, des cigares
Peut-être le bonheur n'est-il que dans les gares !

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Cros (1842 - 1888), "Tableau", appears in Le Coffret de Santal, in Grains de sel, no. 16, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1873 [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 Pierre Wissmer (1915 - 1992), "Tableau", 1953, published 2014 [baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano], from Quatre Poèmes de Charles Cros pour voix moyenne et piano, no. 2, Éd. Gérard Billaudot [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-10-03
Line count: 10
Word count: 78

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