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This jazzy swing interpretation brings a breath of fresh air to this classic Parisian refrain. Lyrics by Jean Dréjac, music by Hubert Giraud.

lyrics

(ENGLISH TRANSLATION BELOW)

Sous le ciel de Paris
S'envole une chanson
Elle est née d'aujourd'hui
Dans le coeur d'un garçon
Sous le ciel de Paris
Marchent les amoureux
Leur bonheur se construit
Sur une air fait pour eux

Sous le pont de Bercy
Un philosophe assis
Deux musiciens, quelques badauds
Puis des gens par milliers

Sous le ciel de Paris
Jusqu'au soir vont chanter
L'hymne d'un peuple épris
De sa vieille Cité

Prés de Notre-Dame
Parfois couve un drame
Oui, mais à Paname
Tout peut s'arranger
Quelques rayons du ciel d'été
L'accordéon d'un marinier
L'espoir fleurit
Au ciel de Paris.

Et le ciel de Paris
A son secret pour lui
Depuis vingt siècles il est épris
De notre île Saint-Louis

Quand il est trop jaloux
De ses millions d'amants
Il fait gronder sur nous
Son tonnerre éclatant
Mais le ciel de Paris
n'est pas longtemps cruel...
Pour se faire pardonner,
il offre un arc-en-ciel...

TRANSLATION (Jean Brassard)
Under the Paris sky
A song takes flight
It is born today
In the heart of a boy.
Under the Paris sky
Lovers walk
Their happiness is built
On a tune made for them.

Under the Bercy bridge
A seated philosopher
Two musicians, a few bums
And people by the thousands.

Under the Paris sky
Into the evening we’ll sing
The hymn of a people in love
With its old city.

Near Notre-Dame
Sometimes hovers a drama
Yes, but in Paname
All can be fixed.
A few rays of a summer sky
The accordion of a sailor
The blooming hope
Of the Paris sky.

And the sky of Paris
Has a secret of his own
For twenty centuries he is in love
With our Ile Saint-Louis.

When he is too jealous
Of her millions of lovers
He growls above us
With resounding thunder.
But the sky of Paris
Is never cruel for too long
So that we forgive him
He makes a rainbow.
Under the sky... under the sky,
Under the sky of Paris.

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from Le gamin de Paris - Jean Brassard chante Montand, released July 19, 2014
keyboards: Alexandre Racine; bass: Alexandre Blais; Percussion: Pierre-Emmanuel Beaudoin; Accordion: Richard Maheux
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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