Je serai triste comme un saule
Quand le Dieu qui partout me suit
Me dira, la main sur l'épaule
"Va-t'en voir là-haut si j'y suis"
Alors, du ciel et de la terre
Il me faudra faire mon deuil
Est-il encore debout le chêne
Ou le sapin de mon cercueil?
Est-il encore debout le chêne
Ou le sapin de mon cercueil?

S'il faut aller au cimetière
J'prendrai le chemin le plus long
J'ferai la tombe buissonnière
J'quitterai la vie à reculons
Tant pis si les croqu'-morts me grondent
Tant pis s'ils me croient fou à lier
Je veux partir pour l'autre monde
Par le chemin des écoliers
Je veux partir pour l'autre monde
Par le chemin des écoliers

Avant d'aller conter fleurette
Aux belles âmes des damnées
Je rêve d'encore une amourette
Je rêve d'encore m'enjuponner
Encore une fois dire "Je t'aime"
Encore une fois perdre le nord
En effeuillant le chrysanthème
Qui est la marguerite des morts
En effeuillant le chrysanthème
Qui est la marguerite des morts

Dieu veuille que ma veuve s'alarme
En enterrant son compagnon
Et qu'pour lui faire verser des larmes
Il n'y ait pas besoin d'oignon
Qu'elle prenne en secondes noces
Un époux de mon acabit
Il pourra profiter d'mes bottes
Et d'mes pantoufles et d'mes habits
Il pourra profiter d'mes bottes
Et d'mes pantoufles et d'mes habits

Qu'il boive mon vin, qu'il aime ma femme
Qu'il fume ma pipe et mon tabac
Mais que jamais - mort de mon âme
Jamais il ne fouette mes chats
Quoique je n'aie pas un atome
Une ombre de méchanceté
S'il fouette mes chats, y a un fantôme
Qui viendra le persécuter
S'il fouette mes chats, y a un fantôme
Qui viendra le persécuter

Ici-gît une feuille morte
Ici finit mon testament
On a marque dessus ma porte
"Fermé pour cause d'enterrement"
J'ai quitté la vie sans rancune
J'aurai plus jamais mal aux dents
Me v'là dans la fosse commune
La fosse commune du temps

Me v'là dans la fosse commune
La fosse commune du temps


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