by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)
Le vieux
Language: French (Français)
Mes braves bons messieurs et dames, Par Sainte-Marie-Notre-Dame, Voyez le pauvre vieux stropiat. Pater noster! Ave Maria! Ayez pitié? Mes braves bons messieurs et dames, La charité des bonnes âmes! Un p'tit sou et Dieu vous l'rendra. Pater noster! Ave Maria! Ayez pitié! Mes braves bons messieurs et dames, Chez ceux qui ne voient pas les larmes, Quand Dieu le veut, grèle il y a. Pater noster! Ave Maria! Ayez pitié!
Authorship
- by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Le vieux", written 1876, appears in La chanson des gueux, in 1. Gueux des champs, in 1. Chansons de mendiants, no. 3 [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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Le vieux", op. 44 (Vingt Poemes de Jean Richepin) no. 2 [voice and piano], from La chanson des gueux, no. 2, Éd. "Au Menestrel" Henri Heugel [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (1894 - 1976), "Le vieux" [medium voice and piano], from La chanson des gueux, no. 1, Édition du compositeur [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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