Douce France
Douce France, cher pays de mon enfance
One of several signature songs of the great Trenet, this one combines patriotic feeling with images of childhood and country life circa 1920.
Je chante
Ficelle, tu m’a sauvé de la vie!
A very happy song about a singer, who sings day and night… Very, very upbeat… From the incomparable Charles Trenet.
La Mer
La mer a bercé mon cœur pour la vie
Is it schmaltz or is it poetry? Possibly both. Another great song from the incomparable Charles Trenet.
Les enfants s’ennuient le dimanche
Le dimanche, les enfants s’ennuient
A wonderful song expressing the same sentiment as Camus’s Meurseult: Je n’aime pas le dimanche.
Polka du roi
Voulez-vous danser, Marquise?
A delightful dramatic monologue with a Hitchcockian twist. Its morals are those of its main character, not of all French people.
Que reste-t-il de nos amours
Une photo…vieille photo…de ma jeunesse
The quintessential Charles Trenet song, about loves past, but recollected in a pleasant nostalgic dreamy haze.
