Can't resist.

My first solo experience was in my Junior year in High School. I had been learning basic guitar for about two years and singing with others at parties. (It was the 60's and everybody sang folk music at parties).

I was practicing in my bedroom and realized that I was not completing my French homework assignment to write something creative in French. So I wrote my first song. I haven't maintained my High School French.

Well, my French teacher asked if it was truly a song and I said yes. She asked me to sing it. I did it for my class which still felt like playing for friends. Then she asked me to sing it for the French Assembly. Well, I mark that as my first public performance. Surprisingly it was disaster free.

I played a nylon string Gibson in those days. I mistakenly sold it to my sister after I bought a Martin D-28. Years later, I bought it back from her and gave it to my then wife as a Christmas present. I lost the wife and the guitar in one fell swoop. Sure wish I had her back, the guitar that is.

Here's what I remember.

Il y a une ville en France. Paris, Paris, Paris. Ou toute le monde aime danse. Paris, Paris, Paris

CHO: Paris est la ville, ou toute le monde aime allez.(3) Paris est la ville.

La toure Eiffel vous regardez, Paris, Paris, Paris. Vous mangez dans les cafes. A Paris, Paris, Paris.

Quand je suis tres vielle. Paris, Paris, Paris. Il faut que je vais alliez a. Paris, Paris, Paris

Roger in Baltimore