by André Germain (1882 - 1971)
Tous ces pauvres enfants
Language: French (Français)
Tous ces pauvres enfants cherchent à travers la grande nuit une fleur. Moi aussi, j'ai saigné aux cailloux, j'ai bu la fausse ivresse, j'ai laissé ma laine aux buissons du chemin. Mais, espérance sauvée des eaux, je garde entre mes bras le brûlant trésor que vous m'avez donné.
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Authorship:
- by André Germain (1882 - 1971) [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 Jacques Pillois (1877 - 1935), as Jacques Desky, "Tous ces pauvres enfants", 1921, published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text checked 1 time]
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