Pauvre Martin
Georges Brassens Lyrics
Avec une bêche à l'épaule
Avec, à la lèvre, un doux chant
Avec, à la lèvre, un doux chant
Avec, à l'âme, un grand courage
Il s'en allait trimer aux champs
Pauvre Martin, pauvre misère
Creuse la terre creuse le temps!
Pour gagner le pain de sa vie
De l'aurore jusqu'au couchant
Il s'en allait bêcher la terre
En tous les lieux, par tous les temps
Pauvre Martin, pauvre misère
Creuse la terre creuse le temps!
Sans laisser voir, sur son visage
Ni l'air jaloux ni l'air méchant
Ni l'air jaloux ni l'air méchant
Il retournait le champ des autres
Toujours bêchant, toujours bêchant!
Pauvre Martin, pauvre misère
Creuse la terre creuse le temps!
Et quand la mort lui a fait signe
De labourer son dernier champ
De labourer son dernier champ
Il creusa lui-même sa tombe
En faisant vite, en se cachant
Pauvre Martin, pauvre misère
Creuse la terre creuse le temps!
Il creusa lui-même sa tombe
En faisant vite, en se cachant
En faisant vite, en se cachant
Et s'y étendit sans rien dire
Pour ne pas déranger les gens
Pauvre Martin, pauvre misère
Dors sous la terre dors sous le temps!
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Written by: GEORGES CHARLES BRASSENS
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Georges Brassens was a French singer and songwriter known for accompanying himself with his acoustic guitar. He wrote some extremely controversial, yet poetic songs. In doing so, he managed to change attitudes across France.
He was uncompromising when composing his songs. His tactical method of addressing issues was profound and often humorous, making him a unique and effective figure in the French community.
Brassens, born in 1921 in the small Mediterrenean port of Sete, wanted to be a poet. Read Full BioGeorges Brassens was a French singer and songwriter known for accompanying himself with his acoustic guitar. He wrote some extremely controversial, yet poetic songs. In doing so, he managed to change attitudes across France.
He was uncompromising when composing his songs. His tactical method of addressing issues was profound and often humorous, making him a unique and effective figure in the French community.
Brassens, born in 1921 in the small Mediterrenean port of Sete, wanted to be a poet. He realized very early however that poetry in the 20th century could hardly put bread on the table and instead set himself to become a singer.
He is much less famous internationally than contemporaries like Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf and Yves Montand, as much of the impact of his songs came from the lyrics, which proved difficult to translate into other languages. He loved the Middle Ages and used a great deal of Old French vocabulary, as well as many classical - ie., Latin and Greek - references. Few people, even in France, possess the background to fully understand his songs.
Yet he was at the same time a hugely popular singer and many of his songs still carry a lot of appeal and relevance. In this sense, he can be compared to Boris Vian, to Jacques Brel, and to a lesser extent to Serge Gainsbourg.
He was very sophisticated, yet at the same time used profanity liberally. While he wasn't politically engaged, he was nevertheless unambiguously a leftist, many of his songs carrying blatant and buoyant anarchist overtones.
While his music was initially quite primitive, the 1950's St-Germain-des-Pres influence quickly made itself felt and while subdued and - in his mind - always secondary to the lyrics, it became increasingly sophisticated - to the point that many of his songs have been covered and reinterpretated by jazzmen (see for instance this UK site: www.projetbrassens.eclipse.co.uk)
He died in 1981, but up to this date (2006) there are few French people - including most of those born since - who can't sing along to his most famous song, Les Copains d'abord ("Friends foremost") or his "Bancs public" ("Public Benches").
For those interested, this site carries a number of (quite good) English tranlations of his songs: www.brassens.org
He was uncompromising when composing his songs. His tactical method of addressing issues was profound and often humorous, making him a unique and effective figure in the French community.
Brassens, born in 1921 in the small Mediterrenean port of Sete, wanted to be a poet. Read Full BioGeorges Brassens was a French singer and songwriter known for accompanying himself with his acoustic guitar. He wrote some extremely controversial, yet poetic songs. In doing so, he managed to change attitudes across France.
He was uncompromising when composing his songs. His tactical method of addressing issues was profound and often humorous, making him a unique and effective figure in the French community.
Brassens, born in 1921 in the small Mediterrenean port of Sete, wanted to be a poet. He realized very early however that poetry in the 20th century could hardly put bread on the table and instead set himself to become a singer.
He is much less famous internationally than contemporaries like Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf and Yves Montand, as much of the impact of his songs came from the lyrics, which proved difficult to translate into other languages. He loved the Middle Ages and used a great deal of Old French vocabulary, as well as many classical - ie., Latin and Greek - references. Few people, even in France, possess the background to fully understand his songs.
Yet he was at the same time a hugely popular singer and many of his songs still carry a lot of appeal and relevance. In this sense, he can be compared to Boris Vian, to Jacques Brel, and to a lesser extent to Serge Gainsbourg.
He was very sophisticated, yet at the same time used profanity liberally. While he wasn't politically engaged, he was nevertheless unambiguously a leftist, many of his songs carrying blatant and buoyant anarchist overtones.
While his music was initially quite primitive, the 1950's St-Germain-des-Pres influence quickly made itself felt and while subdued and - in his mind - always secondary to the lyrics, it became increasingly sophisticated - to the point that many of his songs have been covered and reinterpretated by jazzmen (see for instance this UK site: www.projetbrassens.eclipse.co.uk)
He died in 1981, but up to this date (2006) there are few French people - including most of those born since - who can't sing along to his most famous song, Les Copains d'abord ("Friends foremost") or his "Bancs public" ("Public Benches").
For those interested, this site carries a number of (quite good) English tranlations of his songs: www.brassens.org
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Rafael
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artur andres Ribeiro
Olá Rafael. Obrigado pela mensagem. Temos 04 CDs exclusivamente gravados com obras de Gurdjieff/de Hartmann. Meu email é:
[email protected]
Caso alguém tenha interesse em adquiri-los podemos enviar por correio. Abs.
Artur Andres
Jan te Wierik
Its really good reading GURDJIEFF while listening to GURDJIEFF and thinking about GURDJIEFF. I must get more people into GURDJIEFF becouse GURDJIEFF must never die!
Connor Duke
@perplexedmoth Great to hear you dived so deep into it and gaining benefit from it. If you don't like the word enlightenment there is another word with technically the same meaning: Transcendent soul level 1. Both mark the milestone point at which your soul no longer returns to the physical plane. https://www.michaelteachings.com/soul_ages.html
perplexedmoth
I just came across this message thread after I posted in it what seems to be 1 year ago, at which point I didn't know anything about Gurdjieff, hence my naive comment at the time. Now I have read (half of) his Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, and bits and pieces from the other two books following, and secondary sources describing his work. I think he's the most puzzling person I've ever read about, and I feel like I will never give up studying his obscure and cryptic work, not for seeking enlightenment, but just for the mind-stimulating inspiration he provides. I don't believe he was "enlightened" (what a miserably poor and dangerous concept), but he's clearly one of those people who's been lucky enough to have a perspective on life, and an ability to express it, that is unique and on a different level than the most.
Connor Duke
@TheCount I don't say I'm enlightened yet, nor do I compared people, just methods. And in fact I see I failed mw own Occam's Razor test, on reflection the 7 steps reduce to three universal laws: Attraction, Projection and Soul Evolution. These are the three laws Yeshua anno 2020 constantly refers to.
TheCount
@Connor Duke Why are you comparing yourself with Mr. Gurdjieff? you walk a different path, what he did was search for a truth, and share it in a meaningful way. You're here in Youtube talking about how enlightened you are, whilst he was walking all over the world, with 1 goal in mind. This music, like any other is here to appreciate it in any way you want or feel.
Everything anyone does or say will be interpreted differently from person to person.
You cannot achieve enlighten, trying to get enlightened. Work hard, be compassionate, strive for a life with meaning and purpose.
Roger Heathers
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Felipe Oliveira
I listen to it since 2014...in 2020 it's being more helpful than ever. Thank you!
Sunglist
Indeed it is!
357CLOUDY Black Feather
OMG! I went to Amazon to buy Gurdjieff-De Hartmann music played here...one CD was $700. Sadly, they are all expensive. Hope this music stays here. Big thanks for the upload!