Grumble Thread

[Serial_Apologist]

Perhaps FF should go into production of bespoke units.........maybe be called 'Frenchies Doors'.

[vinteuil]

Perhaps FF should go into production of bespoke units.........maybe be called 'Frenchies Doors'.

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Dictes moy où, n'en quel pays, Est Franque, la belle Française ; Mais où sont les Portes de France! Prince, n'enquerez de sepmaine Où elles sont, ne telles fadaises, Qu'à ce refrain ne vous remaine: Mais où sont les Portes Françaises!

[french frank]

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Dictes moy où, n'en quel pays, Est Franque, la belle Française ; Mais où sont les Portes de France! Prince, n'enquerez de sepmaine Où elles sont, ne telles fadaises, Qu'à ce refrain ne vous remaine: Mais où sont les Portes Françaises!

I was rather pleased to discover that the words of the original poem could be sung to Butterworth's setting of Housman's' Look not in my eyes

[Roger Webb]

I was rather pleased to discover that the words of the original poem could be sung to Butterworth's setting of Housman's' Look not in my eyes

My wife tells me Georges Brassens has recorded a version in middle french....not as popular as 'Les copains d'abord', she thinks.

[vinteuil]

My wife tells me Georges Brassens has recorded a version in middle french....not as popular as 'Les copains d'abord', she thinks.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucmL50H6Kgs

[Roger Webb]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucmL50H6Kgs

Yes, thanks Vinteuil, we'll play that later....the single album of Brassens we have is 'Don Juan'. When Barbara was an assistant at a lycée in Paris Brassens visited to give a talk and sing a couple of songs (not the Villon), she's been a fan ever since.