Jaz Dumoz Music Blog

la mer 

Song of the Day: la mer, 1945, Charles Trenet  #203 

I was not going to record this song. It is a travelogue, a paean to the sea. The English version "beyond the sea" by Bobby Darin is a love song, I recorded it. But I got so many compliments on my French in France last year, I decided to do more French songs. 

Here's a translation of the lyrics: 

The sea that we see dancing 
Along the clear gulfs 
Has silver reflections, the sea 
Changing reflections in the rain 

The sea in the summer sky 
Confuses his white sheep 
With the clouds so pure, the sea 
Shepherdess of infinite azure 

See, near the ponds, 
These big wet reeds 

See those white birds 
And these rusty houses 

The sea rocked them 
Along the clear gulfs 
And of a love song the sea 
Rocked my heart for life for life for life

 

whose honey are you? 

Song of the Day: whose honey are you?, 1935, Fats Waller, Ruth Etting, Leon Redbone  #202 

Ruth adds the intro and a 2nd go round. She does the 2nd bridge double-time, which I chose not to do.

Added to the Fats Waller project. 

I uploaded the tab to Ultimate Guitar.

c'est si bon 

Song of the Day: c'est si bon, 1947, henri betti, louis armstrong  #197. 

Here's my a translation of the French part:

It’s so good! 
To go anywhere 
Arm in arm 
Singing songs 

It’s so good! 
To say sweet words to each other 
Little nothing-at-all’s 
But that say a lot 

Seeing our delighted faces
The passers-bye on the street envy us

It’s so good 
This little feeling 
It's better than a million, 
Because it's oh so good.