An Adapted French Song by FH
The French version
lyrics were adapted from the English by Hardy herself and have a sad, realist,
almost fatalistic ring with a romantic hue, while the original English lyrics
are more like a dreamer’s plain prose. Probably unfair to the original title
composer and lyrics writer, the French song seems to have an unmistaken “Francoise
Hardy” signature to it.
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