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by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

Pauvre Aveugle
Language: French (Français) 
J’ suis ben vieux, j’ai p’us d’z yeux.
Si j’ mourais, ça vaudrait mieux.
Si j’ mourais, j’ s’rais content…
Un p’tit sou en attendant !

Quoi qu’ ça f’rait, c’ qu’on m’ donn’rait ?
Ça n’ pourrait m’ donner qu’ du r’gret.
J’ai plus b’soin, et c’pendant
Un p’tit sou en attendant !

Du pain sec, rien avec,
Ça n’ pass’ p’us dans mon pauv’ bec.
C’est trop dur. J’ai qu’ein’ dent.
Un p’tit sou en attendant !

J’ vas mouri, que j’ vous dis.
J’ vas monter en paradis.
J’ vas mouri dans l’instant
Un p’tit sou en attendant !

Confirmed with Jean Richepin, La Chanson des gueux, Maurice Dreyfous, 1881, p31


Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Pauvre aveugle", appears in La chanson des gueux, no. 12 [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 Louis Vuillemin (1879 - 1929), "Pauvre Aveugle", 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-09-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

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