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Artist: Georges Brassens
Canonical path: /brassens-georges/le-fossoyeur
Related lyric paths: 6
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Le Fossoyeur
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Le Fossoyeur
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Dieu sait qu'je n'ai pas le fond méchant
Je ne souhait' jamais la mort des gens
Mais si l'on ne mourait plus
J'crèv'rais de faim sur mon talus
J'suis un pauvre fossoyeur
Les vivants croient qu'je n'ai pas d'remords
A gagner mon pain sur l'dos des morts
Mais ça m'tracasse et d'ailleurs
J'les enterre à contrecœur
J'suis un pauvre fossoyeur
Et plus j'lâch' la bride à mon émoi
Et plus les copains s'amus'nt de moi
Y m'dis'nt: Mon vieux, par moments
T'as un' figur' d'enterr'ment
J'suis un pauvre fossoyeur
J'ai beau m'dir' que rien n'est éternel
J'peux pas trouver ça tout naturel
Et jamais je ne parviens
A prendr' la mort comme ell' vient
J'suis un pauvre fossoyeur
Ni vu ni connu, brav' mort adieu!
Si du fond d'la terre on voit l'Bon Dieu
Dis-lui l'mal que m'a coûté
La dernière pelletée
J'suis un pauvre fossoyeur
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Georges Brassens performs "Le Fossoyeur", and this lyric page sits inside the Georges Brassens catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Elégie à un rat de cave and Gastibelza (l'homme à la carabine) with a short reason for opening each page next.
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