Songs: Le Grand Café, Tout est au duc, Le Petit Oiseau.
Category: Music
Chanson Du Jour: Sous le ciel de Paris
Zaz “Sous le ciel de Paris”
Chanson Du Jour: Berceuse pour Jean
Henriette and Elie Zmirou “Berceuse pour Jean”
While on assignment at the UN in New York in 1954, French couple Henriette and Elie Zmirou remembered their homeland by singing folk songs. Henriette learned all of hers from her mother, grandmother, and people among whom she lived in Normandy. The lyrics of these unaccompanied solos and duos are translated into English. (Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage)
Chanson Du Jour: Quand Le Marin
Henriette and Elie Zmirou “Quand Le Marin” (When the Sailor)
While on assignment at the UN in New York in 1954, French couple Henriette and Elie Zmirou remembered their homeland by singing folk songs. Henriette learned all of hers from her mother, grandmother, and people among whom she lived in Normandy. The lyrics of these unaccompanied solos and duos are translated into English. (Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage)
Chanson Du Jour: Il était une Bergère
Henriette and Elie Zmirou “Il était une Bergère” (She was a Shepherd)
While on assignment at the UN in New York in 1954, French couple Henriette and Elie Zmirou remembered their homeland by singing folk songs. Henriette learned all of hers from her mother, grandmother, and people among whom she lived in Normandy. The lyrics of these unaccompanied solos and duos are translated into English. (Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage)
Charles Trenet as Harpo Marx?
A great clip from the 1938 feature film La Route Enchantée. Charles Trenet bears such an uncanny resemblance to Harpo Marx, one has to wonder if the look was intentional. Of course, Harpo never spoke on film, nevermind sing. Here Trenet, aka “Le Fou Chantant” sings the film’s title song.
Pas De Merde 