I had (perhaps still have) a Rod McKuen version on a good old vinyl LP. Rather than a wife, Michelle, of whom he had fond memories, that version had a verse along the lines of (give or take a word or two) -

Farewell, Francoise, my lovely(?) wife Without you I'd have had a lonely life. You cheated lots of times - but then, I forgave you in the end, Though your lover was my friend.

Goodbye, Francoise, it's hard to day, When all the birds are singing in the sky, Now that the spring is in the air. With the flowers ev'rywhere. I wish that we could both be there.