JULIETTE GRECO / Autumn Leaves

Lyrics / Jacques Prevert
Music / Josef Kosma
English lyrics / johnny mercer

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Autumn Leaves

The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon Ill hear old winters song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

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Jacques Prevert(1900-1977) who writes the lyric of this tune
he was brought up in the French Paris, often in the father
kept accompanying in theatergoing watched, from the mother
reading the book had the reading book lover became. he stopped
the primarly school going, reached the point where he works
at the Paris department store. With 18 years old he was summoned
in the army, but after the second world war he participated in
socialist motion. where that anthology first is published as for
he is written, at the time of 46 years old, the Paris life and
the war experience in France is published by the text of the
textbook in France. In addition he manage also the script of
the movie, "Les enfants du Paradis" and write "Le Roi et l'Oiseau".
This chanson "Autumn leaves" he at the time of 45 years old, the
ballet of Roran Petite it is premiered him made lyric because
for "Rendezvous", Joseph kosuma of the Hungarian origin composed,
but the movie 1946 being used widely in "The Gate Of The Night",
he was known in world. where this is sung Juliette Greco
(was born in 1927) she was born with French Montpellier, she at
the time of seven years old, as for family moved to Paris and
she learned the ballet, but as for the mother and the older sister
participating in resistance, because they were inserted in the
internment camp, she self-support did with 15 years old, daytime
studying the actors play and works as a telephone operator.
At the time of 18 years old war ended and became idol of the
existence principle people with the Saint-Germain-des-Pres
underground bar, was picked up by the journalist and became
famous. Being invited in the director of the cabaret, she debutted
then as the singer. Starting to sing, the popularity singer
she becomes in only one week, participates in chanson competition
with 22 years old and acquires prize, she has established reputation
to presently as a queen of chanson. as for this "Autumn Leaves"
the song which she at the time of 22 years old sings for the first
time on the stage with, those which are recorded here are something
of the time of her 32 years old. Even in America take and this tune
in also many jazz performers and the singers the person where does
not perceive to the chanson of original tune are many.


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