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Thread #85412   Message #3364862
Posted By: Monique
18-Jun-12 - 06:46 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Le Vieux Piano (Piaf)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Le Vieux Piano (Piaf)
I pm'ed you Genie.
Now: quand elle venait se saoûler l' dedans de pathétique =lit. when she would come to get her "inside/within/inner self/soul" drunk with pathos/deep sadness/despair...
An argentier is a guy who deals with money -could be a treasury ministre/secretary but also a money seller or the like
un demi is a half pint of beer then un demi d'oubli is a half pint of beer meant to bring her forgetfulness
un accord here is a chord (both times)
the ghosts converse as friends about the bistrot and the piano
l'histoire enfermée dans le piano means the story shut/locked up within the piano