--- C:\temp\_elementpath.py-revBASE.svn000.tmp.py	Fri Feb 20 14:57:28 2009
+++ E:\dev\lxml-trunk\src\lxml\_elementpath.py	Fri Feb 20 14:56:16 2009
@@ -232,4 +232,8 @@
     if el is None:
         return default
     else:
-        return el.text
+        t = el.text
+        if t is None:
+            return default
+        else:
+            return t