User:Wyzzey/Mon amant de Saint-Jean

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Mon amant de Saint-Jean
Single album by
Released1942
RecordedJuly 7, 1942 (1942-07-07)
GenreChanson française
Length3:08
LanguageFrench

Mon amant de Saint-Jean is a Chanson réaliste written by Léon Agel [fr], composed by Émile Carrara, and performed by Lucienne Delyle in 1942. The song follows the story of a short-lived love of a young girl for a man she meets at a ball. The song follows a Waltz musette rhythm.

History[edit]

The first version of the song was written in 1937 and was originally titled Les Barbeaux de Saint-Jean ; it subsequently became Mon costaud de Saint-Jean, sung by Jane Chacun [fr]. But it didn't catch on with the public, probably because the lyrics were considered too folklike. In 1942, Léon Agel rewrote the song under its current title and Carrara dedicated it to his fiancée Suzanne (later his wife) to mark their promise of marriage made at La Bonne Idée, an inn located in the village of Saint-Jean-aux-Bois, in the Forest of Compiègne[1].

Reprisals[edit]

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Dance at Bougival, 1883

This song was sung by Lucienne Delyle[2], of which it was her first great success, the song was later reprised by a number of singers.

In 1980, François Truffaut used the song in the film Le Dernier Métro, and Claude Miller did similarly in La Petite Voleuse. It is also used in the end credits of the film La reine blanche [fr] by Jean-Loup Hubert, and in the film Two Days In Paris by Julie Delpy.

Other Reprisals[edit]

External Links[edit]

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  • Biographie d'Emile Cararra, le compositeur de la chanson
  • Ecoute en streaming de différentes versions sur musicMe
  • Paroles de la chanson sur parolesmania.com

[[Category:Patrick Bruel songs]] [[Category:1942 songs]] [[Category:Waltz]]