Georges BRASSENS (1921-1981). Autograph manuscript signed, N - Lot 366

Georges BRASSENS (1921-1981). Autograph manuscript signed, Ne crois pas au cimetière, Poème de Paul Fort, Paris December 14, 1978; 1page small in-fol. on his letterhead. Complete manuscript of a poem Brassens supposedly developed from a short poem by Paul Fort; he did not set it to music. Dedicated at the top "Pour Germaine", this poem has 4 quatrains and 5 distichs: "Without priest, mayor, notary Ou avec; ça se défend We must love each other on earth We must love each other alive"... A couplet serves as a refrain, giving the poem its title: "Ne crois pas au cimetière/ Il faut nous aimer avant"; before the 4th reprise of this refrain, a couplet repeats the last two lines of the first stanza: "Il faut nous aimer sur terre/ Il faut nous aimer vivants". The manuscript is dated at the end "Paris jeudi 14/12/78" and signed.