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possibly by Eugène Manuel (1823 - 1901)

Pauvre France
Language: French (Français) 
Pauvre France ! 
Ton nom jadis était si beau !
La démence
A terni ton noble drapeau !
Pauvre France !

Pleurons enfants de la patrie,
Le jour de deuil est arrivé !

Quelle guerre ! 
La défaite allait à grands pas !
Un mystère
Planait sur ces mornes combats !
Quelle guerre!

Allons enfants de la patrie,
Le jour de deuil est arrivé !!

Chant sublime !
Toi qui fus l'hymne triomphal,
De l'abime
Montait encor ton fier signal.
Chant sublime !

Allons enfants de la patrie,
Le jour de deuil est arrivé !

L'espérance,
Peut-elle rentrer dans nos cœurs ?
Pauvre France,
Cache bien, cache à tes vainqueurs
l'Espérance !

Note: the score gives the author of the text only as "E. M."


Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Eugène Manuel (1823 - 1901) [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 Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830 - 1914), "Pauvre France" [ medium voice and piano ], from Premier recueil de vingt-cinq Mélodies chant et piano de J. Faure, no. 16, Édition Heugel 'Au Ménestrel' [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-17
Line count: 26
Word count: 98

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