Jacques Larue lyrics to Nuages

keary18

I am looking for the french lyrics to Nuages by Jacques Larue. If anyone has a weblink or info on where to find it, I'd be very grateful...

thanks,
David Keary

Barengero

Hi keary18,

This are the lyrics:

LARMES

1Parlé:
Cést triste, la pluie, dans la cour d´une prison…
On dirait les larmes de tous les jours qu´on a gachés…

Sur les murs tout noirs de suie
je revois ma pauvre vie…
Pauvre vie couleur de pluie
Larmes, larmes, larmes
Mon enfance á la maison
et puis "l age de raison"…
et puis la cour de la prison
où je tourne, tourne en rond
Larmes de la pluie… Larmes de la nuit
Y a bien eu, dans tout c´gachis,
un amour qui m´a souri…
Ca aussi, ca mal fini. Larms…larmes…larmes…

non, c´était pa un dimanche
Ca n´était meme pas l´printemps,
mais y avait pourtant du beau temps…
du beau temps…du beau temps
C´est toujours comm´ca qu´on flanche,
on croit qu´ca s´ra pour tout l´temps…
On croit sincèr´ment les serments, les serments.

2. Parlé:
C´est triste, la pluie, dans la cour d´une prison…
Ca donne presque envie de regretter ce qu´on a fait…

Car le jour où j´ai compris
Qu´il m´avait volé ma vie,
pendant, qu´il dormait j´ai pris
L´arme, l´arme, l´arme
Un coup sec, et puis la fin
Sans un cri il s´est ètaint
Alors, la tete entre les mains
J´ai pleuré jusqu´au matin
Larmes de la pluie…Larmes de la nuit
A présent, tout est fini
J´ai bet´ment gache ma vie,
pauvre vie couleur de sule
Larmes… larmes…larmes

Hope that helps,

Best,

Barengero

Barengero

You can find this song and some other Django compositions with original contemporary lyrics on this CD:

https://shoppingcart.djangobooks.com/it ... jango.html

Best,
Barengero

François RAVEZ

Hi Barengero,

I am affraid but the lyrics you gave are the lyrics of Tears (written by Francis Blanche).

Here are the lyrics to Nuages by Jacques Larue.

For the people interested in sung versions of Django tunes, Francis Blanche has also written some lyrics for Crépuscule and Fleur d'Ennui which were not recorded by Jean-Pierre Guiran and his friends and do not appear on the excellent Orkest Polytour CD.


Best

François RAVEZ

Joli Gadjo

That's very interesting Francois.
I am not very familiar with all of that, so pardon my ignorance. But are these Jacques Larue and Francis Blanche the only who wrote lyrics on Django's pieces ?
And by the way, who wrote first ? Did Django wrote music based on some lyrics, or were the lyrics wrote afterwards ? :?:

Barengero

François RAVEZ wrote:

Hi Barengero,
I am affraid but the lyrics you gave are the lyrics of Tears

You are right :oops: Sorry, but since my daughter Josefa is here (* 27.3.2007) I have only 5 % of my usual brain power (which is generally not too much anyway). Sorry again,

Barengero

François RAVEZ

You are right Sorry, but since my daughter Josefa is here (* 27.3.2007) I have only 5 % of my usual brain power (which is generally not too much anyway).

Hi Barengero,

Congratulations for your young Barengerette.

François RAVEZ

François RAVEZ

I am not very familiar with all of that, so pardon my ignorance. But are these Jacques Larue and Francis Blanche the only who wrote lyrics on Django's pieces ?
And by the way, who wrote first ? Did Django wrote music based on some lyrics, or were the lyrics wrote afterwards ?

Hi Joli Gadjo,

To my knowledge Django never wrote any song in his life, just tunes.
So the lyrics were always added afterwards. Now Jacques Larue and Francis Blanche used to write a lot of french lyrics to foreign standards, so that they could be sung in french. I suppose that's why they also added lyrics to some Django pre-existing tunes. Lawrence Riesner also wrote some lyrics to Swing 42 (Swing Rêverie), Mélodie au Crépuscule and Manoir de mes Rêves. Now, except for 'Nuages' and 'Crépuscule' these sung versions of Django tunes did not made real hits.

Best

François RAVEZ

polytour

You can find this song and some other Django compositions with original contemporary lyrics on this CD: Django Chanté. Please order directly from the artists www.polytour.com. Also a booklet with all the songtexts is available.

1. Swing rêverie (Swing 42) (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)
Django REINHARDT / Lawrence RIESNER

2 Que reste-t-il de nos amours (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)
Charles TRENET / Charles TRENET

3 Rivalité
J.COLOMBO & C.D.I. DUCA

4 Billets doux (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)
Maurice YVAIN / BRIQUET & St. GRANIER

5 Nuages (Clouds) (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)
Django REINHARDT / Jacques LARUE

6 Près de vous (Blue skies) (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)
Irving BERLIN / Robert VOLAIRE

7 Larmes (Tears) (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)
Django REINHARDT / Francis BLANCHE

8 Je t'aime (Swing 39) (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)
D. REINHARDT & S. GRAPPELLI / J. LARUE

9 Mélodie au Crépuscule (Love's Melody) (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)
Django REINHARDT / Lawrence RIESNER

10 Chez Jacquet
Django REINHARDT

11 Douce Ambiance (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)
Django REINHARDT / Jacques LARUE

12 Le Manoir de mes Rêves (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)
(Django's Castle) Django REINHARDT / Lawrence RIESNER

13 Tout le jour, toute la nuit (Night and Day ) (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)
Cole PORTER / L. PALEX

14 Dans l'immense Sahara (the sheik of Araby) (sung in french by Jean-Pierre Guiran)

François RAVEZ

Hello Polytour (are you Jean-Pierre Guiran himself?)
I can only recommand this "Django Chanté" CD.
I also love the CD "Le Roi des Jongleurs" with the wonderfully haunting tune Lucia by Jan de Jong. Is it still available too?
Talking about vocal versions of Django tunes I would also indicate the new CD by Christy Bennett's Fumée Gypsy Project "Lost Lyrics" with sung versions of Fleur d'ennui, Crépuscule, Swing 39, Tears, Troublant Boléro, Swing 42, Mélodie au Crépuscule, Douce ambiance, Nuages and Manoir de mes Rêves.
Great songs, great arrangements and (Christy's) great voice and great CD.
Very inspiring and a new way to (re)discover these tunes as if they were jazz standards they are not (yet). Can be found here : https://www.fumeegypsyproject.com/recordings/

Best

François