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Artist: Serge Reggiani
Canonical path: /reggiani-serge/mathusalem
Related lyric paths: 6
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Mathusalem
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Mathusalem
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Lorsque MathusalemAlla dire "je t'aime"A la jeune filleIl...
apporta des jonquillesElle aimait les jonquillesIl avait huit cents ansElle avait seulementSix cent trente-quatre ansEt...
ses parents ne furent pasD'accord surtout Papa...Il attendit un siècleEt enfin le vieux typeUn soir cassa sa pipeMathusalem aussi secRetourna voir sa belleAvec des asphodèlesIl avait neuf cents ansElle maintenantSept cent trente-quatre ansMais...
paraissait sept cent...
trenteEt elle avait des...
rentesElle fit sa timideSoixante ans encoreElle était candideLui...
était fou de son...
corpsIl attendit encoreElle finit vieille filleLui toujours joyeux drilleApportait des jonquillesA neuf cent soixante-neuf billesMathusalem enfinApprocha de sa fin...Parce qu'après tant de joursIl mourut d'amourAlors toi tu pensesQue moi j'aurai sa pa...tienceMoi j'aurai sa patienceMoi j'aurai sa patienceMoi j'aurai sa patience...
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Serge Reggiani performs "Mathusalem", and this lyric page sits inside the Serge Reggiani catalog on LyroVerse.
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