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Origins/ADD: Autumn Leaves / Les Feuilles Mortes
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Subject: Autumn Leaves From: Patrish(inactive) Date: 03 May 00 - 06:08 AM Hi I had a great time in Whitby at the weekend. While there, one of my friends told me he was looking for the words of song called "Autumn Leaves" he thinks that is the title. Other words include "rose he's gone now. Just like all the other young men" I wondered whether anyone out there can help? many thanks Patrish |
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Subject: ADD: Autumn Leaves (Johnny Mercer, et al.) From: Dulci46 Date: 03 May 00 - 07:41 AM Hope this is the one. This is a beautiful song. Glad you asked I haven't heard this one for a while. I don't know if there is another version. This one doesn't have the words you wrote. AUTUMN LEAVES English Lyrics by Johnny Mercer and Music by Joseph Kosma The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold I see your lips, the summer kisses The sunburned hand(s) I used to hold Since you went away the days grow long And soon I'll hear old winter's song But I miss you most of all, my darling When autumn leaves start to fall I see your lips, the summer kisses The sunburned hand I used to hold Since you went away the days grow long And soon I'll hear old winter's song But I miss you most of all, my darling When autumn leaves start to fall Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz ronhontz@worldnet.att.net https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_Leaves_(1945_song) Artist: Andy Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI5dZTZhwM8 - lyrics are an exact transcription of this recording. Lyrics are the same in Johnny Mercer: The Life, Times, and Song Lyrics of our Huckleberry Friend, by Bob Bach & Ginger Mercer (1982) - except the book has "hands." Performance by Stringspace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_74zQOKr-d0 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves From: Lanfranc Date: 03 May 00 - 07:22 PM Even better in the original French. Find a copy of "Feuilles Mortes" by Juliet Greco, if you can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPvvMabnWxo |
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Subject: ADD: Autumn Leaves/Le Feuilles Mortes From: simon-pierre Date: 03 May 00 - 07:51 PM LES FEUILLES MORTES (Jacques Prévert, Music by Joseph Kosma)
Oh! je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes
C'est une chanson qui nous ressemble
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
This is the song that Alan Francis reffered too, but as I nerver heard the english one, I wonder if it's really a translation - the two songs seems different. The second verse is not always sung. Lyrics are from great poet Jacques Prévert.
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves From: Lanfranc Date: 04 May 00 - 07:04 PM Oui, Simon-Pierre, c'est ca! The Johnny Mercer lyrics capture some of the original, but, like so many translations, fall short of the power of the Prevert lyric. Thanks for the second verse - I normally sing one verse in English and one in French, I'll extend it next autumn. Interesting that Mercer, an American, refers to Autumn rather than Fall!
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves From: GUEST,marcelloblues Date: 04 May 00 - 07:39 PM the name of the composer is Jerome, not Joseph. It was in the music for a 30's movie named something like "The gates of night". Incredible instrumenhtal versions from Miles Davis, Bill Evans. For several years it has been a very important number for jazz players. If I've had it in my show, I'd sing the introduction an the first round in french, then, after the improvisation (kind of trumpet), the english version. Autumn Cheers |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 04 May 00 - 08:38 PM Edith Piaf recorded the song in both French and English. Malcolm |
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Subject: 'Autumn Leaves' lyrics, please From: Ian HP Date: 12 May 01 - 09:31 AM I know it's not a trad./folk song, but I'd love to sing the beautiful 'Autumn Leaves' by Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kozma, Jacques Prevert. However, I only have one verse, as follows: The falling leaves drift by my window / The falling leaves are all red and gold / I see your lips, the summer kisses / The sunburnt hands I used to hold / Since you went away the days grow long / And soon I hear old winter song / But I miss you most of all, my darling / When autumn leaves start to fall If anyone has more, either in English or the original French, I'd be very grateful. |
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Subject: RE: 'Autumn Leaves' lyrics, please From: Justa Picker Date: 12 May 01 - 09:37 AM French Lyrics: Les Feuilles Mortes Oh ! je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes, Des jours heureux où nous étions amis, En ce temps-là, la vie était plus belle, Et le soleil plus brûlant qu'aujourd'hui. Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle, Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié. Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle, Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi. Et le vent du Nord les emporte, Dans la nuit froide de l'oubli. Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié La chanson que tu me chantais... C'est une chanson qui nous ressemble, Toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais. Nous vivions tous les deux ensemble, Toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais. Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s'aiment, Tout doucement sans faire de bruit. Et la mer efface sur le sable, Les pas des amants désunis. |
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Subject: RE: 'Autumn Leaves' lyrics, please From: Ian HP Date: 12 May 01 - 09:44 AM That's wonderful. Thanks, I'll take this to a French-speaking friend for a translation. very graeful. |
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Subject: RE: 'Autumn Leaves' lyrics, please From: GUEST,Mark Cohen (cookie problems) Date: 12 May 01 - 06:01 PM Ian, I believe that's all she -- er, he -- wrote. I don't think there was another English verse; at least, I've never heard or seen one. Beautiful song...I've loved the melody since my elementary school orchestra played it, in 1963. I was first clarinet. Or maybe second. By the way, there's an interesting exchange of info about the song's origins on this Johnny Mercer FAQ site. Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: ADD Version: Autumn Leaves (Merceer) From: GUEST,Willa Date: 12 May 01 - 06:03 PM Music by Joseph Kosma,English lyrics by Johnny Mercer, French Lyrics by jacques Prevert French words as above (the English translation is not a literal one, but quite close AUTUMN LEAVES (English lyrics by Johnny Mercer) Verse Autumn leaves fall and are swept out of sight, the words that you said have come true Autumn leaves fall and are swept out of sight. so are the memories of love that we knew The wind of forgetfulness blows them, into the night of regret The song you would so often sing is echoing, echoing yet Refrain The falling leaves drift by my window The Autumn leaves of red and gold I see your lips, the summer kisses,the sunburnt hands I used to hold Since you went away, the days grow long, and soon I'll hear old winter's song But I miss you most of all my darling, when autumn leaves start to fall My copy shows the refrain repeated Translation (roughly) Verse The dead leaves curl up on the shovel; you see, I've not forgotten The dead leaves curl up on the shovel; the souvenirs and the regrets too The North wind blows them into the cold night of forgetfulness You see, I've not forgotten the song you used to sing to me Refrain We're like a song;you loved me and I loved you We lived both together; you who loved me, I who loved you But life separated those who loved Gently, without a sound and the sea wiped from the sand the footsteps of the disunited lovers |
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Subject: RE: 'Autumn Leaves' lyrics, please From: Mark Cohen Date: 12 May 01 - 09:23 PM Thanks, Willa, I should have figured there was a verse lying around somewhere. It just ocurred to me that it would be a fun parlor game to sing the verse of a popular song (most of which are hardly ever sung) and let people guess the refrain. Of course, not many of us could be the quizmaster! Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: 'Autumn Leaves' lyrics, please From: Ian HP Date: 15 May 01 - 03:13 PM I *think* that some parts of this tune in the original French version are missing in the English. Can anyone recommend a French recording of this song? |
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Subject: RE: 'Autumn Leaves' lyrics, please From: Helen Date: 15 May 01 - 09:55 PM Ian, In the translation which Willa posted the first verse of French is not there.
Oh ! je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes, My French is not great so I won't embarrass myself by trying to translate it. I have a vague feeling that these might have been spoken rather than sung. Also, in the French version above, in the second last verse, my old copy of the sheet music has a slight difference. C'est une chanson qui nous ressemble, Toi *tu* m'aimais, *et je t'aimais*. Nous vivions tous les deux ensemble, Toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais. Helen |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves / Les Feuilles Morte From: GUEST,Chris Smith Date: 26 Jan 14 - 07:09 AM I know I'm posting many years after this thread was initiated but I thought that those of you who stumble on this thread might be interested in an old recording from 1961 by the British band The Temperance Seven. They were a band that almost defied definition. They were a group of friends/art students/artists who happened to be talented musicians. They formed a band that played Dixieland Jazz but at the same time parodied the gentrification of jazz in the 1920s. They dressed in DJs (Tuxedos/Dinner Jackets) or morning suits all except the vocalist, Paul McDowell, who wore a white DJ. (I have a memory of him being called Mr "Whiter-than-white" Paul McDowell but can find no reference on Google, only "Whispering" Paul McDowell.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temperance_Seven Anyway, to the point. On one of their, sadly few, albums was a recording of Autumn Leaves. This starts with McDowell singing the verse followed by a single chorus of the refrain. Then follows a reprise of the 2nd half of melody of the verse played on the bass clarinet by Alan Swainston Cooper, I believe. Then McDowell sings the French lyrics. I'm very grateful to those who posted the French lyrics as I've been puzzling over these since I first heard this recording on vinyl back in the early 1960s. I now have a CD of the reissue from about 2003. The 2012 CD/MP3 re-reissue has garnered some heavy criticism due to poor sound quality - BEWARE. (It also picked up one criticism re poor musicianship which is unjustified IMO.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ_ahWXxIlQ |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves / Les Feuilles Morte From: cptsnapper Date: 26 Jan 14 - 07:28 AM You can find words & some chords on www.theguitarguy.com/ |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves / Les Feuilles Morte From: GUEST,Chris Smith Date: 26 Jan 14 - 07:43 AM BTW the album I'm referring to is simply called "1961". I used to have this on vinyl but that sadly went walkabout many years ago. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves / Les Feuilles Morte From: Will Fly Date: 26 Jan 14 - 08:21 AM Thanks for reminding us of the Temperance Seven, Chris. When I worked for the BBC, many years ago, I used to get the bus up to Ally Pally (Alexandra Palace) on a Friday after work. In those days, the Pally was home to the Open University and to the BBC TV props department! So, after a short walk past rows of costumes and the odd Dalek, I would end up in the BBC bar - where certain Colin Bowles would regale us all with his piano playing. Colin - one-time pianist with the TS - was then a designer for the OU. He was a superb pianist. We used to gather round the piano while he played, pints in hands, and listen avidly. The session always finished up with him playing hymns and us singing along! Sadly, Colin's no longer with us, and the modern line-up of the Temps is quite different, though I'm happy to say that my old mate from Lancaster, Mike Deighan, is playing banjo with them these days. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves / Les Feuilles Morte From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 26 Jan 14 - 12:45 PM Les feuilles mortes above lacks the second verse. Lyrics Jacques Prévert. 2 Les feuilles mortes se ramaissent à la pelle, Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi Mais non amour silencieux et fidèle Sourit toujours et remercie la vie Je t'amais tant, tu étais si jolie, Comment veux-tu que je t'oublie? En ce temps-la, la vie était plus belle Et le soleil plus brûlant qu'adjourd'hui Tu étais ma plus douce amie Mais je n'ai que faire des regrets Et la chanson que tu chantais Toujours, toujours je l'entendrai! from http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/-coby/songtr/lesfm.htm |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves / Les Feuilles Morte From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 26 Jan 14 - 01:07 PM (See corrected url below) Les Feuilles Mortes Translation Coby Lubliner 2004 Oh. I would like you to remember Those happy days when we were friends, and how Life in those times was more lovely and tender, Even the sun shone more brightly than now, Dead leaves are gathering as in December You see how one never forgets ... Dead leaves are gathering as in December, Just like the memories and regrets, And then the North wind comes and sweeps them Into oblivion's icy night. You see how I never forgot That old song that you sang for me. Refrain: A song like us, birds of a feather, You loving me, me loving you, And we lived happily together, You loving me, me loving you, But life tears apart gentle lovers Who quietly obey their heart, And the sea invades the sand and covers The footsteps of those torn apart. Dead leaves are gathering, dead leaves are piling UP just like memories and like regrets, But still my love goes on quietly smiling Thankful for life and for all that it gets. I loved you so, you were ever so lovely, How can I forget? Tell me how! Life in those times was more sweet and beguiling, Even the sun shone more brightly than now. You were my most sweet friend and lover, But regret just isn't my thing, And I'll keep hearing all the time The old song that you used to sing.. Refrain: http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~coby/songtr/lesfm.htm Joseph Kosma (1905-1969 )was born in Budapest but moved to France. He wrote the musical scores for several films. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves / Les Feuilles Morte From: Monique Date: 26 Jan 14 - 01:32 PM It seems that nobody recorded the whole song. There you can see the manuscript by Prévert. Cora Vaucaire was the first who recorded it but Yves Montand made it famous -the last video has literal but accurate Spanish subtitles. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Autumn Leaves / Les Feuilles Morte From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 27 Jan 14 - 01:46 PM The thread title has the French song incorrectly; should be Les Feulles Mortes, not 'morte.'
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Subject: ADD: Les Feuilles Mortes (original poem) From: Monique Date: 12 May 21 - 01:53 AM The whole, original poem by Jacques Prévert (1900-1977) is... LES FEUILLES MORTES (1945) C’est une chanson, qui nous ressemble Toi tu m’aimais et je t’aimais Nous vivions tous les deux ensemble Toi que m’aimais moi qui t’aimais Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s’aiment Tout doucement sans faire de bruit Et la mer efface sur la sable les pas des amants désunis Oh! je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes Des jours heureux où nous étions amis En ce temps-là la vie était plus belle, Et le soleil plus brûlant qu’aujourd’hui Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle Tu vois, je n’ai pas oublié… Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle, Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi Et le vent du nord les emporte Dans la nuit froide de l’oubli. Tu vois, je n’ai pas oublié La chanson que tu me chantais. C’est une chanson qui nous ressemble Toi, tu m’aimais et je t’aimais Et nous vivions tous deux ensemble Toi qui m’aimais, moi qui t’aimais Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s’aiment Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit Et la mer efface sur le sable Les pas des amants désunis. Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle, Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi Mais mon amour silencieux et fidèle Sourit toujours et remercie la vie Je t’aimais tant, tu étais si jolie, Comment veux-tu que je t’oublie? En ce temps-là, la vie était plus belle Et le soleil plus brûlant qu’aujourd’hui Tu étais ma plus douce amie Mais je n’ai que faire des regrets Et la chanson que tu chantais Toujours, toujours je l’entendrai! C’est une chanson qui nous ressemble Toi, tu m’aimais et je t’aimais Et nous vivions tous deux ensemble Toi qui m’aimais, moi qui t’aimais Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s’aiment Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit Et la mer efface sur le sable Les pas des amants désunis. In "Soleil de nuit", Gallimard, 1st edition of the collection: 1980. |
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