Au long des jours et des ans, Je chante, je chante. La chanson que je me chante Elle est triste et gaie : La vielle peine y sourit Et la joie y pleure.
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Text Authorship:
- by Charles Messager (1882 - 1971), as Charles Vildrac, written 1914-20, appears in Chants du désespéré 1914-1920, no. 1, Paris, NRF Gallimard, first published 1920 [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 Henk Badings (1907 - 1987), "Chant du désespéré", 1935, published 1948 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Twee liederen, no. 2, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Imre Weisshaus (1904 - 1987), as Paul Arma, "Chant du désespéré", copyright © 1945 [ voice and piano ], from Les chants du silence : Recueil de onze mélodies, no. 3, Paris : Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
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