A Heartbreaking French Song
Famous French
songwriter/poet/singer Georges Brassens was the composer and original singer of
this song. He adapted Louis Aragon’s poem, which had been written during World
War II, to his composition, cutting out the last stanza about the French
Resistance and applying the tune of “La
Priere” to it. Since then, the song has been interpreted at least sixty
tim…
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