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A Heartbreaking French Song

Alice Poon
Jun 24, 2013
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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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