The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #64396   Message #1052709
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
12-Nov-03 - 05:13 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'LA MER' (TRENET) + 'COUCOU)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: 'LA MER' (TRENET) + 'COUCOU)
Trenet's "La Mer," both French and translation, are in thread 13885: Trenet et alia
As M Ted remarks in that thread, Darin's words are not a translation but a new lyric. I haven't heard the Trenet song for a while, but I think the tune also is bent a bit in the Darin version.