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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.
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Steel Rail Blues
Well I got my mail late last nightA letter from a girl who found the time to writeTo her lonesome boy somewhere in the nightShe sent me a railroad ticket tooTo... Lire la suite
Publié le 08 juin 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Rainy Day People
Always seem to know when it's time to callRainy day people Don't talk; they just listen till they've heard it allRainy day lovers Don't lie when they tell ya... Lire la suite
Publié le 01 juin 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Sundown
I can see her lyin' back in her satin dressIn a room where you do what you don't confess.Sundown, you better take careIf I find you been creepin' round my back... Lire la suite
Publié le 05 mai 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Song For A Winter's Night
The lamp is burning low upon my tabletopThe snow is softly fallingThe air is still in the silence of my roomI hear your voice softly callingIf I could only... Lire la suite
Publié le 28 avril 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Home From The Forest
Oh, the neon lights were flashin' and the icy wind did blowThe water seeped into his shoes and the drizzle turned to snowHis eyes were red, his hopes were dead... Lire la suite
Publié le 20 avril 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
That Same Old Obsession
I come to this garden,I come here to restEarly each day upon risingI think of my lost love From over the seaAnd sometimes I've wondered, If she thinks of meI... Lire la suite
Publié le 07 avril 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Affair On 8th Avenue
The perfume that she woreWas from some little storeOn the down side of townBut it lingered on Long after she’d goneI remember it wellAnd our fingers entwined... Lire la suite
Publié le 01 avril 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Changes
Sit by my side comeas close as the airSharin' a memory of greyAnd wander in my wordsAnd dream about the pictures that I playOf changes Green leaves of summer... Lire la suite
Publié le 30 mars 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Winchester Cathedral
You're bringing me downYou stood and you watched asMy baby left townYou could have done somethingBut you didn't tryYou didn't do nothingYou let her walk byNow... Lire la suite
Publié le 24 mars 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Katie Cruel
When first I came to townThey called me the roving jewelNow they've changed their tune, They call me Katy Cruel Oh, diddle, lully day,Oh, de little lioday. Lire la suite
Publié le 23 mars 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Morning Glory
No words this time?No words.No, there are times when nothing can be done.Not this time.Is it censorship?Is it censorship?No, it's evaporation.No, it's... Lire la suite
Publié le 17 mars 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Go No More A-roving
So we'll go no more a-rovingSo late into the night,Though the heart be still as loving,And the moon be still as bright.For the sword outwears its sheath,And... Lire la suite
Publié le 10 mars 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Iodine
I needed you; I knew I was in dangerOf losing what I used to think was mineYou let me love you till I was a failure,You let me love you till I was a failure You... Lire la suite
Publié le 08 mars 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
I lit a thin green candle to make you jealous of me,But the room just filled up with mosquitoes, They heard that my body was freeThen I took the dust of a long... Lire la suite
Publié le 01 mars 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Ballad of the Absent Mare
Say a prayer for the cowboyHis mare's run awayAnd he'll walk till he finds herHis darling, his strayBut the river's in floodAnd the roads are awashAnd the... Lire la suite
Publié le 23 février 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Dream Letter
Lady time fly awayI've been thinking 'bout my yesterday Oh, please listen darlin' to my empty prayers Sleep inside my dreams tonight All I need to know tonight... Lire la suite
Publié le 16 février 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Song To The Siren
Long afloat on shipless oceansI did all my best to smile 'til your singing eyes and fingers Drew me loving to your isle And you sang "Sail to me Sail to me Let... Lire la suite
Publié le 03 février 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
I See A Darkness
Well, you're my friend [that’s what you told me]And can you see [what’s inside of me]Many times we've been out drinkin',Many times we've shared our... Lire la suite
Publié le 01 février 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
It’s Raining
It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoringBumped his head and he went to bedand he couldn't get up in the mornin'Rain rain, go away, come again some... Lire la suite
Publié le 20 janvier 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE -
Day Is Done
Tell me why you're crying, my sonI know you're frightened, like everyoneIs it the thunder in the distance you fear?Will it help if I stay very near? Lire la suite
Publié le 18 janvier 2013 CULTURE, MUSIQUE