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  • Les Monophonies de Polyphrène http://polyphrene.blogspot.com/

    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)

  • The Letters

    Letters

    You never liked to getThe letters that I sent.But now you’ve got the gistOf what my letters meant.You’re reading them again,The ones you didn’t burn.You press... Lire la suite

    Publié le 05 février 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • Boogie Street

    Boogie Street

    O Crown of Light, O Darkened One,I never thought we'd meet.You kiss my lips, and then it's done:I'm back on Boogie Street.A sip of wine, a cigarette,And then... Lire la suite

    Publié le 30 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • Love Itself

    Love Itself

    (For L.W.)The light came through the window,Straight from the sun above,And so inside my little roomThere plunged the rays of Love. Lire la suite

    Publié le 29 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • No, Not Now

    Took my gal to the picture show, just the other dayBut when I tried to hold her hand; here’s what she hat to sayChorus:No, not now – No, not nowNo, not now,... Lire la suite

    Publié le 23 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

    Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

    Well, when I was a young man and never had been kissedI got to thinkin' it over how much I had missedSo I got me a girl and I kissed her and then, and thenOh,... Lire la suite

    Publié le 22 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • Penny Lane

    Penny Lane

    there is a barber showing photographsOf every head he's had the pleasure to have knownAnd all the people that come and goStop and say helloOn the corner is a... Lire la suite

    Publié le 16 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • San Francisco Bay Blues

    Francisco Blues

    I got the blues for my baby left meBy the San Francisco Bay,The ocean liner's gone so far away.Didn't mean to treat her so bad,She was the best girl I ever... Lire la suite

    Publié le 15 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • The Night Comes On

    Night Comes

    I went down to the placeWhere I knew she lay waitingUnder the marble and the snowI said, Mother I'm frightenedThe thunder and the lightningI'll never come... Lire la suite

    Publié le 01 janvier 2011 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • Jimmy Whalen

    Jimmy Whalen

    All alone as I walked by the banks of the riverWatching the moonbeams as evening drew nigh.All alone as I rambled I spied a fair damselWeepin' and wailin' with... Lire la suite

    Publié le 31 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • That's what you get for lovin' me

    That's what lovin'

    That's what you get for lovin' meEverything you had is gone, as you can seeThat's what you get for lovin' me.I ain't the kind to hang aroundWith any new love... Lire la suite

    Publié le 30 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • The Last Thing on my Mind

    Last Thing Mind

    It's a lesson too late for the learnin'Made of sand, made of sandIn the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'In your hand, in your hand.[Chorus:]Are you going away... Lire la suite

    Publié le 29 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • Leaving Green Sleeves

    Leaving Green Sleeves

    Alas, my love, you did me wrong,To cast me out discourteously,For I have loved you so long,Delighting in your very company.Now if you intend to show me... Lire la suite

    Publié le 18 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • Memories

    Memories

    Frankie Lane, he was singing JezebelI pinned an Iron Cross to my lapelI walked up to the tallest and the blondest girlI said, Look, you don't know me now but... Lire la suite

    Publié le 11 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • A Poem on the Underground Wall

    Poem Underground Wall

    The last train is nearly due,The underground is closing soon,And in the dark deserted station,Restless in anticipation,A man waits in the shadows. Lire la suite

    Publié le 03 décembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • America

    America

    Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes togetherI've got some real estate here in my bagSo we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's piesAnd we... Lire la suite

    Publié le 28 novembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • No Other Name

    Other Name

    Know me by the light of a fire shinin' bright,Know me by your bed where I've lainKnow me, and you might, If just for a nightYou'll know me by no other name. Lire la suite

    Publié le 20 novembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • Sparrow

    Sparrow

    Who will love a little sparrow,Who's travelled far, and cries for rest?"Not I," said the oak tree."I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest;And my... Lire la suite

    Publié le 14 novembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • The Guests

    Guests

    One by one, the guests arriveThe guests are coming throughThe open-hearted manyThe broken-hearted fewAnd no one knows where the night is goingAnd no one knows... Lire la suite

    Publié le 11 novembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • Patterns

    Patterns

    The night sets softlyWith the hush of falling leaves,Casting shivering shadowsOn the houses through the trees,And the light from a street lampPaints a pattern o... Lire la suite

    Publié le 06 novembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE
  • The Land of Plenty

    Land Plenty

    Don't really have the courageTo stand where I must stand.Don't really have the temperamentTo lend a helping hand. Don't really know who sent meTo raise my... Lire la suite

    Publié le 01 novembre 2010 CULTURE, MUSIQUE