Émile Debraux

French chansonnier and poet

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Paul Émile Debraux (30 August 1796^[a] – 12 February 1831), commonly known simply as Émile Debraux, was a French writer, goguettier, poet and singer. He was born in Ancerville, Meuse and died 1831 in Paris. One of his better-known songs was Te souviens-tu? (1817) about two veterans of the Napoleonic Wars encountering each other in the street, composed during the Allied Occupation of France following the country's defeat.

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^ In the French Republican Calendar in use at the time of his birth, the date was recorded as "13 Fructidor Year IV"

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