by François Villon (1431 - 1463)
Pauvre je suys de ma jeunesse
Language: French (Français)
Pauvre je suys de ma jeunesse, De pauvre et de petite extrace. Mon pere n’eut oncq grand richesse. Ne son ayeul, nommé Erace. Pauvreté tous nous suyt et trace. Sur les tumbeaulx de mes ancestres, Les ames desquelz Dieu embrasse, On n’y voyt couronnes ne sceptres.
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Text Authorship:
- by François Villon (1431 - 1463), no title, appears in Le Grand Testament, no. 35 [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 Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "Pauvre je suys de ma jeunesse", published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Missel Chantant, Suite de mélodies sur de vieilles poésies françaises - 7ème volume, no. 6, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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