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Thread #140194   Message #3221393
Posted By: Joe Offer
10-Sep-11 - 10:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr: The Letter/The Deserter/Le Deserteur (Vian)
Subject: RE: Lyr: The Letter/The Deserter/Le Deserteur (Vian)
As Jim Dixon said above, Peter Yarrow sang this on the 1964 Peter Paul and Mary in Concert album, except that he used the beginning words "Messieurs qu'on nomme grand." The tune was more-or-less the same as Vian's singing on the YouTube video. PP&M often took great liberties with the melodies of song, so it's nice to see that they stuck with the original melody this time.

-Joe-