Je me fais vieux, j'ai soixante ans
J'ai travaillé toute ma vie
Sans avoir, depuis tout ce temps
Pu satisfaire mon envie
Je vois bien qu'il n'est ici-bas
Le bonheur complet pour personne
Mon vœu ne s'accomplira pas
Je n'ai jamais vu Carcassonne

On dit qu'on y voit tous les jours
Ni plus ni moins que les dimanches
Des gens s'en aller sur le cours
En habits neufs, en robes blanches
On dit qu'on y voit des châteaux
Grands comme ceux de Babylone
Un évêque et deux généraux
Je ne connais pas Carcassonne

Le vicaire a cent fois raison
C'est des ambitieux que nous sommes
Il disait dans son oraison
Que l'ambition perd les hommes
Si je pouvais trouver pourtant
Deux jours sur la fin de l'automne
Mon Dieu, que je mourrais content
Après avoir vu Carcassonne

Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, pardonnez-moi
Si ma prière vous offense
On voit toujours plus haut que soi
En vieillesse comme en enfance
Ma femme, avec mon fils Aignan
A voyagé jusqu'à Narbonne
Mon filleul a vu Perpignan
Et je n'ai pas vu Carcassonne

Ainsi chantait, près de Limoux
Un paysan courbé par l'âge
Je lui dis ami, levez-vous
Nous allons faire le voyage
Nous partîmes le lendemain
Mais que le bon Dieu lui pardonne
Il mourut à moitié chemin
Il n'a jamais vu Carcassonne


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