My parents bought this 45 RPM when I was just a young kid. It was backed with a song called Marie Marie. We vacationed in Quebec every summer and so we heard this song a lot. I always thought the voice didn't fit the face for some reason. The first french record we ever owned. I have great memories of my youth whenever I hear it.
My grandfather and grandmother loved this song.
My friends don't understand it
But me as a 23 year old, l fell in love with this song.
I miss them a lot.
My grandfather was a captain and loved sailing.
I was born in Paris 76-years ago and grew up listening to this music thanks to my maman. We lived in the 18-eme arrondissement near Montmartre, where Edith Piaf gained fame in Paris. She and I both loved this song. We came to this great country in 1952 and ended up in Queens. I now live in N.H. Thanks to the brave Americans, I am here today. In 1943 bombs were falling left and right and my father put me and my mother on a train to Ellon, Normandy to be safe. We were a few miles from Caen, a city leveled by the bombing, and survived the D-Day invasion. We went swimming at Arromanches after the war. I still remember the three sunken Liberty ships facing the coast and all the DUK-boats. Thank you to the brave, who died fighting, so that we can now live in peace. I still have all my maman's 78s. I, too, am an immigrant. Michel
this was my grandfathers favourite song. It was played at his funeral and whenever I want to feel his wonderful spirit I come here and close my eyes and listen to it. I miss him so much. I will forever love this song. It means so much to me.
Greetings from a cold and frozen Scandinavian. Just wanted to let you know that we would be nothing but vikings eating raw fish without you French guys.
Thanks for everything.