My little brother has a lot to answer for! He plays the saxophone for starters. He's also re-awakened an interest from my childhood for French popular songs from the post-war period, by the likes of Edith Piaf and Charles Trenet, which were fairly well-known in GB in my youth. I've started swapping cds with him, and I've found sources on the Net with les paroles (details on request) ... and this is where the problem starts.

I can understand a lot, but not all of the words. I've found a couple of sites that translate French into (often hilarious) English, but of course they don't translate les nuances (does one's heart really go "bang!"?). If anyone out there shares our interest and has the language skill to match, and would be happy to get into long-winded discussions about le Chanson, do get back to me.

Steve