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A poem by Aragon, set to music by Léo Ferré in which he tells the story of his youth when a bunch of pals used to go to the gypsy camps by the dykes where they got drunk, got their palms read, danced all night and ended up in the arms of a wild beauty, waking up in the morning with hay in their hair and fantasy in their hearts as they drove back to town.

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(ENGLISH BELOW)

Il existe près des écluses un bas quartier de bohémiens
Dont la belle jeunesse s'use a démêler le tien du mien
En bandes on s'y rend en voiture ordinairement au mois d'août
Ils disent la bonne aventure pour des piments et du vin doux

On passe la nuit claire à boire on danse en frappant dans ses mains
On n'a pas le temps de le croire il fait grand jour et c'est demain
On revient d'une seule traite gai sans un sou vaguement gris
Avec des fleurs plein les charrettes son destin dans la paume écrit

J'ai pris la main d'une éphémère qui m'a suivi dans ma maison
Elle avait les yeux d'outremer elle en montrait la déraison
Elle avait la marche légère et de longues jambes de faon
J'aimais déjà les étrangères quand j'étais un petit enfant

Celle-ci parla vite vitre de l'odeur des magnolias
Sa robe tomba tout de suite quand ma hâte la délia
En ce temps-là j'étais crédule un mot m'était promission
Et je prenais les campanules pour les fleurs de la passion

A chaque fois tout recommence toute musique me séduit
Et la plus banale romance m'est l'éternelle poésie
Nous avions joué de notre âme un long jour une courte nuit
Puis au matin bonsoir madame l'amour s'achève avec la pluie

ENGLISH (Basic translation - Jean Brassard)

There exist near the water dams
A sort of gypsy camp
Where the youth of our days
Plays at disentangling the yours from the mine.


A bunch of us get there by car

Usually in the month of August
They’ll tell you your fortune
For some peppers and some sweet wine.

We spend the bright night drinking
Dancing, clapping hands 

And with no time to think of it
Tomorrow’s there in full daylight.

We come back all at once
Happy, penniless, vaguely drunk
Our carts filled with flowers
Our fate written in our palm.

I took the hand of a blooming youth
Who followed me into my house
Her eyes had a dark aqua glance
And showed the madness of the sea.
She had a very light gait
And the long legs of a doe
Ever since I was a little boy.
I’ve always loved widl women

This one quickly talked
Of the smell of magnolias; 

Her dress immediately fell
When my haste untied her lace.

In those days I was naïve
One word was a promise to me.
And I mistook poppies
For the flowers of passion.

Each time it all starts again,
Any music charms me
And the most banal of romance
Is to me eternal poetry 


We played with our soul 

A long day, a short night
Then in the morning
Bonsoir madame
Love says its farewell

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from Le gamin de Paris - Jean Brassard chante Montand, released July 19, 2014
Keyboards - Alexandre Racine; bass - Alexandre Blais; guitar - Eric Savard; percussions - Pierre-Emmanuel Beaudoin
Vocals: Jean Brassard

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Bistro Award winner singer-actor Jean Brassard recently seen in The Fault In Our Stars hails from both Quebec & New York. Brassard provides an exquisite updated tribute to Yves Montand, one of France's most pioneering stars and pillar of French chansons. A first rate tribute to the man as well as select composers and lyricists from Montand's sparklingly eclectic catalogue. New songs to come soon! ... more

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