Quand ils sont revenus chez eux, avaient le chef tout saigneux avaient le cœur entre les dents, et les rigoles avaient leur sang; quand ils sont revenus ches eux, les rouges, les bleus, les combateux, ont cherché leurs tabatières, leurs bahuts et leurs draps blancs, ont cherché vaches laitières, porcs grognons, femmes cousant, enfants coiffés comme espiègles de chaudrons tout reluisants, ont même cherché leurs maisons... n'ont trouvé que irers et taupes, ont humé l'air et sont morts. -- Ont craché leur cœur avant !
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Complainte des soldats", written 1895, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La ronde autour du monde, in 1. Chansons, no. 8, first published 1895 [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 Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "Complainte des soldats", 1935, published 1938 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons pour me consoler d'être heureux, no. 1, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "Complainte des soldats", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Chants de la mer et des Villages, no. 11, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Ledent , "Complainte des soldats", op. 6 (1931) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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