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LQD: Blessed Are the Fundsmakers | 24 comments (24 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: LQD: Blessed Are the Fundsmakers (none / 1)
Pour chanter Veni Creator
Il faut avoir chasuble d'or
Pour chanter Veni Creator
Il faut avoir chasuble d'or
Nous en tissons pour vous, Grands de l'Eglise,
Et nous, pauvres canuts, n'avons pas de chemises !

Refrain
C'est nous les canuts,
Nous allons tout nus !

...

Mais notre règne arrivera
Quand votre règne finira.
Mais notre règne arrivera
Quand votre règne finira.
Nous tisserons le linceul du vieux monde,
Car on entend déjà la révolte qui gronde !

Refrain
C'est nous les canuts,
Nous n'irons plus nus !

La chanson des Canuts, Lyon, 1831.

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Fri Oct 9th, 2009 at 01:51:44 PM EST
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Re: LQD: Blessed Are the Fundsmakers (none / 1)
Fifteen hundred years of wealth and glory for the chruchmen and still for Les Canuts:

"We weave your vestments of gold, Church Grandees,
while we have no shirts ourselves!"

Christianity in action!  At its finest.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Oct 9th, 2009 at 03:37:51 PM EST
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Re: LQD: Blessed Are the Fundsmakers (4.00 / 2)
It was the Lyon silkworkers' song during the first canuts revolt

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
by Melanchthon on Fri Oct 9th, 2009 at 04:18:44 PM EST
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