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Saint​-​Germain​-​des​-​Pr​é​s

from Tout Finit Par Des Chansons by Diana van der Bent

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There is no better way to start this album than with a song that celebrates
the place where French poetic chanson was born.

Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It is located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés with the Seine as its official border on the North. In the years after World War II it was known for its many bars, jazz clubs and café chantants, mostly set up in cellars to reduce noise for the neighbors. It was also the home of the existentialist movement and the heart of literary life in Paris.

It must have been a great environment for Leo Ferré, a French-Monegasque poet and composer who considered himself to be an anarchist with a great love for the old masters. In his chanson ‘Saint-Germain-des-Prés’ he paints a romantic picture of a group of pale fi gures walking along the Seine, meeting up with each other and joking about not having a dime in their pockets. But Ferré warns us: be careful with your judgement, ladies and gentlemen. It might just be Apollinaire or Racine that just passed you by. Maybe even Valéry or Verlaine. If only you had known…Greet them worthily!

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J'habite à Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Et chaque soir j'ai rendez-vous avec Verlaine

Ce vieux Pierrot n'a pas changé
Et pour courir le guilledou près de la Seine


Souvent on est flanqué d’Apollinaire

Qui s'en vient musarder chez nos misères
C'est bête, on voulait s'amuser
Mais c'est raté

On était trop fauchés



Regardez-les tous ces voyous

Tous ces poètes de deux sous

Et leur teint blême

Regardez-les tous ces fauchés

Qui font semblant de ne jamais finir la semaine
 


Ils sont riches à crever

D'ailleurs ils crèvent

Tous ces rimeurs fauchés

Font bien des rêves
Quand même ils parlent le latin

Et n'ont plus faim

À Saint-Germain-des-Prés



Si vous passez rue de l'Abbaye

Rue Saint-Benoît, rue Visconti

Près de la Seine

Regardez le monsieur qui sourit

C'est Jean Racine ou Valéry

Peut-être Verlaine


Alors vous comprendrez
 Gens de passage

Pourquoi ces grands fauchés

Font du tapage, c’est bête

Il fallait y penser

Saluons-les, à Saint-Germain-des-Prés

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from Tout Finit Par Des Chansons, released October 5, 2018

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Diana van der Bent Netherlands

Diana is a singer from the Netherlands with a love for musical diversity and a passion for the human voice. She graduated at the conservatory of Utrecht in 2012 in the direction of jazz & pop, but also received extensive classical training during that period. In 2015 she released her debut album containing duets with double bass player Harry Emmery. ... more

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