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Les Monophonies de Polyphrène
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Versions françaises inédites (traductions personnelles "chantables" car respectant la rime et la métrique du texte anglais original) de chansons anglaises folk et country, avec explications et commentaires.
DERNIERS ARTICLES (342)
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Second Lovers’ Song
You're awakin' next to meTears splash across the sunYou whisper soft to meThat I ain't the only oneTo breathe your yellow hairCaress your bosom fairDo you... Lire la suite
Publié le 21 janvier 2014 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Rise
Such is the way of the worldYou can never knowJust where to put all your faithAnd how will it growGonna rise upBurning black holes in dark memoriesGonna rise... Lire la suite
Publié le 10 janvier 2014 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Powdered Ground
Go back and forward, but all is melting like the snowTaking all from us, all we thought was left to knowOn what we treasure falls a dusty snowTaking us backward... Lire la suite
Publié le 24 décembre 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Kathleen
It's plain to see, the sun won't shine todayBut I ain't in the mood for sunshine anywayMaybe I'll go insaneI got to stop the painOr maybeI'll go down to see... Lire la suite
Publié le 24 décembre 2013 MUSIQUE -
Long Nights
Have no fearFor when I'm aloneI'll be better off Than I was beforeI've got this lifeI'll be around to growWho I was beforeI cannot recallLong nights allow Me... Lire la suite
Publié le 23 décembre 2013 MUSIQUE -
Our Mother the Mountain
My lover comes to me with a rose on her bosomThe moon's dancin' purple all through her black hairAnd a ladies-in-waiting she stands 'neath my windowAnd the sun... Lire la suite
Publié le 01 décembre 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
No Ceiling
Comes the morningWhen I can feelThat there's nothing Left to be concealedMoving on, A scene surrealKnow my heart will neverNever be far from hereSure as I'm... Lire la suite
Publié le 01 novembre 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
The Ragpicker's Dream
When Jack Frost came for ChristmasWith a brass monkey dateThe rail-king and the scarecrowHopped a Florida freightAnd they blew on their paper cupsAnd stared... Lire la suite
Publié le 20 octobre 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Barstool
Old man on a barstool watching TVGot up and came over to sit closer to meHe said: "You look familiar to someone I knewBut when were your age we were older than... Lire la suite
Publié le 06 octobre 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Society
It's a mystery to meWe have a greedWith which we have agreedAnd you think you have to want more than you needUntil you have it all, you won't be freeSociety,... Lire la suite
Publié le 22 septembre 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Love and Happiness
Here's a wishing wellHere's a penny forAny thought it isThat makes you smileEvery diamond dreamEverything that bringsLove and happinessTo your lifeHere's a... Lire la suite
Publié le 14 septembre 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
That will be the day
Well that'll be the dayWhen you say goodbyeThat'll be the dayWhen you make me cryYou say you're gonna leaveYou know it's a lieCause that'll be the day that I... Lire la suite
Publié le 01 septembre 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Field Commander Cohen
, he was our most important spy.Wounded in the line of duty,Parachuting acid Into diplomatic cocktail parties,Urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles. Lire la suite
Publié le 24 août 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Ballad of the Carpenter
Jesus was a workingmanAnd a hero you will hearBorn in the town of BethlehemAt the turning of the yearAt the turning of the yearWhen Jesus was a little ladStreet... Lire la suite
Publié le 11 août 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
There But For Fortune
Show me a prison; show me a jailShow me a prisoner whose face has grown paleAnd I'll show you a young manWith so many reasons whyThere but for fortune, go you o... Lire la suite
Publié le 30 juillet 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
When I’m Gone
There's no place in this world where I'll belongWhen I'm goneAnd I won't know the right from the wrongWhen I'm goneAnd you won't find me singin' on this songWhe... Lire la suite
Publié le 19 juillet 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Girl
Is there anybody going to listen to my storyAll about the girl who came to stay?She's the kind of girl you want so muchIt makes you sorryStill, you don't... Lire la suite
Publié le 14 juillet 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Miguel
Never had much to sayHe traveled alone with no friendsLike a shadowy ghostAt dawn he came and he wentThrough the woodland swiftly glidingTo the young maid he... Lire la suite
Publié le 23 juin 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
My uncle used to love me but she died
A chicken ain't chicken 'til he's licken good and fried Keep on the sunny side My uncle used to love me but she died Who'll give me quarter, thirty cents for a... Lire la suite
Publié le 22 juin 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Go-Go Round
Alone upon the sidewalks of despair'T was there she wanderedWith her suitcase in her handHer fate she ponderedOnly a go-go girl in love with someone who didn't... Lire la suite
Publié le 16 juin 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE