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_____________________________________ WD-FR-FK1 France 1982

LA CHANSON DE L’ARDÈCHE * WD – Folk – Waltz – Vocal & Instrumental – Cave Pic Cover

Comp: JEAN PIERRE (LY-WD7) Rts: (SACEM)

Perf: JEAN PIERRE (vocal & keyboards) Prod. Co: Arpin Disques Time: 3:10 1. Original 45: JEAN PIERRE CHANTE L’ARDECHE (PC-RE-FR22)

Arpin 008 Flip Sd: Le Pont d’Arc s’il vous plait

2. Reissue 45: JEAN PIERRE CHANTE L’ARDECHE (ca.1990s) JP 007 (Different Pic Cover) Flip Sd: Le Pont d’Arc s’il vous plait

Spec: (Both) 7” 45rpm Notes: A hymn in praise of the Ardèche River Valley – its gorges, vineyards, and its famous natural bridge that spans the river. The song open with the chorus – J’aime tes grottes et tes vallées I love your caves and your valleys Tes gorges aux milles randonnées Your gorges of a thousand hikes Que l’on soit riche ou dans la dèche Whether one is rich or in the straits Personne ne résiste aux beautés de l’Ardèche. No one can resist the beauties of the Ardèche

And the last stanza returns again to the caves – On l’apprécie le bon matin One appreciates the nice morning Quand on le boit entre copains When one drinks it in with friends Plus tard nous chanterons, bien haut, Later we will sing, out loud, Que l’amour et la spéléo au monde, That, in this world, love and caving, Il n’y a de rien de plus beau. There is nothing more wonderful.

For the complete text see LY-WD7. Jean Pierre (whose family name remains unknown) used to perform at the Auberge Dingue upstream from Vallon-Pont-d’Arc on the road D579 to Ruoms. The old restaurant Auberge Dingue, now called, Le Pont des Mages, is located right next to this bridge. The flip side of this 45 has another song by Jean Pierre, which celebrates the famous natural bridge, Pont d’Arc (see below WD-FR-FK13). Ref: Gorges de l’Ardèche, (in French), Wikipedia Jean Pierre chante l’Ardèche, Encyclopé Disque Morel, Philippe 2016, Le Pont des Mages, Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, 11 Mai 2016

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VARIOUS VERSIONS OF

LA CHAUVE-SOURIS In chronological order

WD-FR-FK2 France 1999

LA CHAUVE-SOURIS WD – Folk – Ballad – Vocal & Instrumental

Comp: Thomas FERSEN (LY-WD8) Arr: Thomas Fersen Rts: Editions Bucéphale (GEMA/BIEM)

Perf: Thomas FERSEN (vocal)

Mathieu Ballet (carillon) Alexandre Barcelona (accordion) Pierre Sangra (mandolin & violin) Cyrille Wambergue (guitar) Jean-Luc Arramy (bass) Prod: Vincent Frèrebeau, Joseph Racaille,

Mathieu Ballet, & Thomas Fersen CD Single Cover Prod. Co: Tôt ou Tard/ Warner Music France Photo Jean-Baptiste Mondino Rec. Co: Studios Labomatic or Gang or Davout Liner Notes: (22-page Booklet) Time: 3:33 1. Single CD: LA CHAUVE-SOURIS Tôt ou Tard PRO 1797 2. CD: THOM4S FERSEN (also referred to as – QUATRE) Tôt ou Tard 3984-29214-2 (Tk 7) Notes: A thoroughly charming ballad of nine stanzas about a bat that loves a great black umbrella. The second stanza gives an idea –

II. Elle marchait au radar II. It flew by radar, Le sommeil l'avait fuie Sleep had gone away; Elle voulait s'mettre à boire It wanted to drink, Se jeter au fond d'un puits. To fly to the bottom of a well. . Une chauve-souris A bat Aimait un parapluie, Loved an umbrella, Un gran parapluie noir A large black umbrella Découpé dans la nuit. (bis) Standing out in the night. (2X)

Other stanzas tell the adventures of the black umbrella: the woman on the Boulevard Saint Marcel who used it to protect her from the rain, the sword sallower who put it down his throat, and the acrobat who used it as a balancing pole. The bat tries to forget its loss of the umbrella and goes to an old manor where it is bored to death, while the umbrella has a great rollicking time at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery. Then one day a gust of wind turns the umbrella inside out and it is left for dead in the gutter. The bat cries "Fate is smiling on me! I thought it was lost, the

stick has returned." So they both go and say “Yes” in the attic of the town hall (in France civil marriages take place in the town hall). Only four years after its release, this song was being taught in some French public schools to children, 9 to 10 years of age. Around that time a special book was published with Fersen’s lyrics, illustrated by Aude Poirot. All this considered the song is well on its way to passing into the oral tradition. There are two different audio-video clips with the complete song available on the Internet: one on YouTube dated 16 Août 2007 (3:38) which only shows a sketch of a black bat throughout; another on YouTube dated 19 Mai 2008 (3:32) that has an animated toy puppet bat with a pink body and black wings that jumps and flips around (It has a heart-shaped pendant around its neck). A third audio-video sample is a delightful color/ black & white video, which is unfortunately no longer available on the Web. Here a young girl with a spiky cap and a black umbrella acts out the lyrics. She encounters another girl who has a small toy bat in her hands. For Stanza 7 the wind comes up and blows the umbrella away. In the end the two girls embrace and laugh. Ref: Fersen, Thomas & Poirot, Aude 2004, La chauve-souris, Editions point de suspension, Paris, 16p. Thomas Fersen, Biography (in French), Wikipedia

Thomas Fersen, La Chauve-souris (3:37), YouTube (◄COMPLETE AUDIO SAMPLE) Thomas Fersen, Site officiel, Albums, Qu4tre (1999) (Song lyrics), Fersen

_____________________________________ WD-FR-FK3 France 2001

LA CHAUVE-SOURIS (Live) WD – Folk – Ballad – Vocal & Instrumental

Comp. & Arr: Thomas FERSEN (LY-WD8)

Arr: Thomas Fersen Rts: Éditions Bucéphale (GEMA/BIEM)

Perf: Thomas FERSEN (vocal)

Pierre Sangra (guitar) Cyrille Wambergue (piano) Jean-Luc Arramy (bass) Norbert Lucarain (drums) Prod: Thomas Fersen & Vincent Frèrebeau Prod. Co: Tôt ou Tard/ Warner Music France Rec. Loc: La Cigale; Paris Rec. Date: June 2001 Time: 5:05 CD: TRIPLEX Tôt ou Tard 0927 40871-2 (3XCDs) (Disc 1 – Tk 1) Notes: A first live album recorded during a concert at La Cigale (120 Boulevard de Rochechouart) in Paris 18e. This live version has been seen but not heard. There are two videos of live performances of the song: one on dailymotion.com is a rapid version that is cut short at the end and another on jukebo.fr where he starts out by stripping off his jacket, vest, & tie, then does a little bat dance with arms extended, and finally goes into the song accompanied by his band. However these are not the versions that appear on this disc. Ref: Anon. n.d., Discogs Thomas Fersen, Site officiel, Albums, Triplex (2001), Fersen Thomas Fersen, Triplex CD, Amazon Thomas Fersen, La Chauve-souris, Live, Cinema MacMahon, (4:44), YouTube (◄COMPLETE AUDIO SAMPLE)

_____________________________________ WD-FR-FK4 France 2004

LA CHAUVE-SOURIS (Live) WD – Folk – Ballad – Vocal & Instrumental

Comp. & Arr: Thomas FERSEN (LY-WD8) Arr: Thomas Fersen Rts: Éditions Bucéphale (GEMA/BIEM)

Perf: Thomas FERSEN (vocal)

Alexandre Barcelona (accordion) Pierre Sangra (mandolin & violin) Christophe Cravero (keyboards) Jean-Luc Arramy (bass) Prod. Co: Tôt ou Tard/ Warner Music France Rec. Loc: La Cigale; Paris Rec. Date: Nov. 20 or 21, 2003 Illus: Jérôme Combe Time: 4:49 A. French CD: LA CIGALE DES GRANDS JOURS

Tôt ou Tard 5050467437821 (Tk 7) B. Canadian CD: LA CIGALE DES GRANDS JOURS

Tôt ou Tard 5050467437821 (Tk 7)

Notes: A second live recording from a concert at La Cigale (120 Boulevard de Rochechouart) in Paris 18e. The song starts with a one-minute-long intro on mandolin joined by audience clapping. He performs the seven stanzas with the audience joining in and singing the repeated last line of each stanza. Following Stanza VI the instrumental accompaniment tapers off with a sigh and Fersen leaves a short silence then reduces the pace in half and slowly sings Stanza VII, “Un jour de mauvais temps.” After he puts in another short silent pause then returns to his normal rhythm and sings Stanza VIII and IX. He repeats the last two lines twice, ”Une chauve-souris/ Aimait un parapluie” and ends with a flourish.

This is certainly a lively, animated version of this bat ballad, but some listeners might find the audience clapping a bit annoying. Ref: Thomas Fersen, Site officiel, Albums, La Cigale des grandes jours, Fersen Thomas Fersen, La Cigale des Grandes Jours, Amazon (◄AUDIO SAMPLE)

_____________________________________________________ WD-FR-FK5 France 2002

CRIKÉCRAK, JE SUIS SORCIÈRE WD – Gypsy Jazz – Vocal & Instrumental Comp: (?) (LY-WD11)

Perf: Vérène ARNOLD OR Sabine GAULIER (vocal)

Vincent Inchingolo (guitar) Jeannine Grisé (flute) Barre Phillips (bass) Prod. Co: Frémeaux & Associés; Vincennes Time: (Tk 3) 0:38 & (Tk 5) 2:36 CD: LES AVENTURES DE PETIT-JEAN Frémeaux & Associés FA 822 (Tk 3 & 5) Notes: During the counting of the tale, while inside the witch’s cave, the gypsy jazz guitar accompanies the singer who only sings stanza 2 and the chorus of this song, “Crikecrak, I’m a Witch.” In the cave the witch stirs a cauldron with a stick shaped like a snake and sings with gypsy jazz guitar accompaniment: Je suis la reine des grottes I’m the queen of the caves Les diables devant ma porte The devils before my door Sont les plus forts de la Terre Are the strongest on Earth Ils t’écraseront par terre They will squash you to the ground Te lav’ront dans la bouillasse Wash you in the soupy mud Pour décoiffer ta tignasse To undo your tousled hair Te roul’ront dans la poussière Roll you in the dust

C’est leur travail d’être en colère! It’s their job to be angry! REFRAIN: CHORUS: Crikécrak, je suis sorcière Crick-crack, I’m a witch Crikécrak, j’ai mes manières Crick-crack, I have my ways Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Je ne suis pas là pour vous plaire! I’m not there to please you!

The complete song is performed on Track 5. For the full lyrics see under World Music Song Lyrics – LY-WD11. For the legend connected with this song see under Spoken Word – Children’s – Fantasy – La Grotte de la sorcière. The complete song with guitar and flute accompaniment is provided at the end of this CD. Ref: Les aventures de Petit-Jean CD, fremeaux

________________________________ WD-FR-FK6 France 1995

LA FONTAINE DE VAUCLUSE * WD – Folk – Vocal

Comp: Gérard PRATS Rts: (SACEM)

Perf: Gérard PRATS (vocal & guitar)

P. Quiniou (violoncello)

J. Mattei (guitar) M. Prats (bass) Prod: G. Prats Prod. Co: MEP-Prats Rec. Co: Studio Valenza-Haid-Myriade Liner Notes: Gérard Prats Time: 2:52 CD: LES CHANTS QUE PORTE LE MISTRAL Musidisc 171972 (Tk 3) Notes: The lyrics are partly spoken in the style of Georges Brassens and partly sung with string accompaniment. Only stanzas 1 & 5 mention the celebrated resurgence, Fontaine de Vaucluse – I. La fontaine de Vaucluse The fountain of Vaucluse est basse cette année Is low this year l'eau devrait remplir l'écluse The water should fill the lock des larmes que j'y ai verses. With the tears that I shed. V. La fontaine de Vaucluse The fountain of Vaucluse est basse cette année Is low this year si je retrouvais ma muse If I find my muse les eaux remonteraient. The waters will rise again.

The overall sentiment of the song concerns lost love. In one stanza he says that if love must lead to death, he will die, as have the great water wheels along the Sorgue River, which has its source at the great intermittent spring. The tradition of poetry about impossible love associated with the Fountain of Vaucluse goes back to the 14th Century classic poetry of François Pétrarque (Petrarch) telling of his Platonic love for the inaccessible Laure (Laura), his muse.

Regarding the resurgence cave itself – “La fontaine de Vaucluse est une cavité extraordinaire dont la genèse est liée à un événement géologique de première importance connu sous le nom de crise messinienne. Celle-ci correspond à l'assèchement de la mer Méditerranée durant le Messinien (fin du Miocène), c’est-à-dire il y a 5,96 à 5,33 millions d'années. La fermeture du détroit de Gibraltar, à l’origine du phénomène, a eu pour conséquence une baisse du niveau marin de l'ordre de 1500 à 2500 mètres. Les fleuves du pourtour de la Méditerranée ont à cette occasion baissé leur niveau de base en creusant de gigantesques canyons de plusieurs centaines de mètres de profondeur dont le Rhône a conservé des traces. La

réouverture du détroit de Gibraltar a été suivie d’une remontée du niveau de base et du comblement de la partie basse des fleuves par les sédiments. Les eaux du bassin souterrain de 1,100 km² récupérant les eaux du mont Ventoux, des monts de Vaucluse, du plateau d'Albion et de la montagne de Lure, n’ayant plus accès à leurs anciens exutoires n’ont trouvé comme sortie qu’un gouffre vertical préexistant creusé à l’origine de haut en bas, la fontaine de Vaucluse, qu’elles ont remonté sur plus de 300 mètres et élargi au fil des années. Ainsi a été créée cette fabuleuse source ‘vauclusienne.’” (Chabert 2011) [The Fontaine de Vaucluse is an extraordinary cave whose genesis is tied into a geological event of the first importance known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis. This event corresponds to the near complete desiccation of the Mediterranean Sea during the Messinian (at the end of the Miocene), that is, 5,96 to 5,33 millions years ago. The closing of the Straits of Gibraltar, the original cause of the phenomenon, resulted in the lowering of the sea level down to anywhere from 1500 to 2500m. At this time the rivers around the circumference of the Mediterranean had their base levels lowered, creating gigantic canyons up to several hundred meters deep, traces of which are preserved by the Rhone River. The reopening of the Straits of Gibraltar was followed by a rising of the base level and a sediment buildup in the lower parts of the rivers. The waters of a subterranean basin, 1,100 km square, captured the waters of Mount Ventoux, the Vaucluse Mountains, the Albion Plateau, and the Lure Mountain. Without access to their former resurgences the water only found an exit in a preexisting vertical cave shaft originally eroded out from top to bottom, the Fontaine de Vaucluse, which it was able to ascend for over 300m and to enlarge over the centuries. Thus this fabulous “vauclusian” spring was created.] “In 1997, Pascale Bernabe reached a depth of 240m in the Fontaine de Vaucluse.” (Cordingley 2004)

Ref: Anon. n.d., Messinian Salinity Crisis, Wikipedia Anon. 2001, Fontaine de Vaucluse, Éditions P.E.C., Septèmes-les-Vallons, 32p. Chabert, Jacques 2011, Le timbre du mois, Lettre du Spéléo-Club de Paris, n. 291, Janv. 2011, p. 2 Fontaine de Vaucluse, (in French) Wikipedia Cordingley, John 2004, Diving in Caves, in Gunn, John (Editor), Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, Fitzroy Dearborn, New York, p. 303 Gérard Prats, Les Chanteurs, Chanson Rebelle Guigue, Julien & Girard, Joseph 1949, La Fountaine de Vaucluse, Éd. Rullière, Avignon, p. 33-41

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L’HOMME DE CROMAGNON WD-FR-FK7 France 1959

L'HOMME DE CROMAGNON WD – Folk – Scouts – Novelty – Comedy – Vocal

Comp: (?) [CHEREZE ?] (LY-WD19) Rts: [Ed. Allo Music ?]

Perf: LES QUATRE BARBUS Pierre Jamet (tenor) Georges Thibaut (countertenor) Marcel Quinton (baritone) Jacques Tritsch (bass) (with piano) Prod. Co: Philips Time: 2:15 1. LP: AVEC LA CORALE FÉDÉRALE DU SCOUTISME FRANÇAIS Philips P-76.155 10" (25cm) 33rpm (Sd 2 – Bd 1) 2. EP: FEU DU CAMP Philips 424.089-PE 7" (17cm) 45rpm (EP) (Sd 1 – Bd 2) 3. Reissue on Compilation CD: LA PINCE À LINGE (1997) Rym Music 3259119178521 (2XCDs) (Disc 2 – Tk 10) Notes: A French scouting song about prehistoric man, which was sung around the campfires. The composer and the date of composition of this ditty remain steadfastly unknown despite diligent research. The original text used Greta Garbo's name in stanza 3, verse 4, which would seem to indicate the 1930s as the date of composition. Les Quatre Barbus’ variant changed this name to Lollobrigida, more in keeping with the times. The lyrics tell of an “être bizarre/ Proche parent d' l'orang-outang” [a weird creature/ Close relative of the orangutan]

who lived two or three thousand years ago, clothed in a bison’s hide, and hunted bear and panther. The third stanza gives a good idea of the song’s humor – III. Il était poete à ses heures III. He was a poet when he felt like it, Disant à sa femme en émoi, Telling his woman with great emotion, "Tu est bell' comme un dinosuare "You're as beautiful as a dinosaur, Tu ressemble à Lollobrigida; You look like Lollobrigida; Si tu veux voir des cart's postales If you want to see some postcards Viens dans ma cavern' tout là-haut Come on up to my cavern there, J' te f'rai voir des peintur's murales I'll show you some mural paintings On dirait du vrai Picasso." One might call 'em real Picassos."

The fourth and last stanza has the prehistoric ancestors coming back after three thousand years and seeing people sweating at work six days out of seven. Without hesitation they would say – "Vraiment qu'nos héritiers sont bêtes "Our descendants really must be stupid D'avoir inventé le travail." To have invented work." The word "Cromagnon" translates as Magnon Cave, since “Cro” means cave or rock shelter. It is a shallow shelter cave behind some houses just north of the Hotel de Cro-Magnon at Les Elyzies in the Dordogne department. Originally the entire shelter was buried under overburden and only came to light during the

construction of the nearby railroad and the removal of material for road repair. The plague over the entrance proclaims that Cro-Magnon man was discovered here in 1868 by François Berthoumeyrou. But all the reports say that it was Louis Lartet who excavated five skeletal remains of prehistoric man here in 1868. The human skeletons were found in the pocket at the rear of the shelter and these are the celebrated specimens that gave the species its name. The section profile shows that a large portion of the overhanging rock once extended out much further.

Ref: Abri de Cro-Magnon, (in French), Wikipedia Anon. 1972, Les plus célèbres chansons de pleinair, Éditions Musicales Minerva, Paris, p. 7-9 Chabert, Claude 1983 & 1998, Personal communication Dawkins, W. Boyd 1974, Cave Hunting, Macmillan and Co., London, p. 249-256 L’homme de Cromagnon (Song lyrics & music), Chansons Lartet, Edouard & Christy, Henry 1865-1875, Reliquiae Aquitanicae, p. 66f Les Quatre Barbus, Biography (in French), Wikipedia Les Quatre Barbus, L’homme de Cromagnon (2:15), YouTube (◄COMPLETE AUDIO SAMPLE) Sarradet, Max ca.1971, Le Périgord préhistorique, Nouvelles Editions Latines, Paris, p. 15

_____________________________________ WD-FR-FK8 France 1959

L'HOMME DE CROMAGNON WD – Folk – Scouts – Novelty – Comedy – Vocal

Comp: (?) [CHEREZE ?] (LY-WD19) Rts: [Ed. Allo Music ?]

Perf: L’EQUIPE DE “LA FLAMME” (with piano) Prod. Co: Decca Records Time: 1:50 EP: L’EQUIPE DE “LA FLAMME” Decca 450.102 7" (17cm) 45rpm (EP) (Sd 2 – Bd 2) Notes: A Belgian male coral of singers did up a rapid version the same year as the famous one by Les Quatres Barbus. This choral was formerly called the Colibris de Liège. They rush through all four stanzas giving the chorus a few new twists. Ref: L’Equipe de ”La Flamme”, L’Homme de Cromagnon, (1:50), YouTube (◄COMPLETE AUDIO SAMPLE)

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L'HOME DE CROMANYÓ WD – Folk – Novelty – Rock – Comedy – Vocal & Instrumental

Comp: (?) Arr: Agnès Miralbell & Esteve Coll Rts: (SGAE)

Perf: COR CORALLÍ DEL SUPER CLUB 3 Javier Mas (guitar) Esteve Coll (piano)

Pere Bardagí (bass) Santi Arisa (drums) Mus. Dir: Agnès Miralbell Prod: Josep Mas "Kitflus" Prod. Co: Televisió de Catalunya Rec. Co: Estudis Zanfonia de Barcelona Liner Notes: (16-page Booklet of song lyrics in Catalan) Time: 2:34 CD: APASUPERSOM-HI TVC Disc CD-3006-03 (Tk 6) Notes: Part of a collection of scouting songs put together by Mn. Battle, the founder of the scouting movement in Catalonia. He got it from the French scouts and translated it into Catalan. Here a young girl soloist back by a full children’s choral and a rock orchestra sings the song. The text follows the original ideas quite closely but the stanzas 2 and 3 are reversed. The rock orchestra does the bridge following stanza 2 and chorus. The only real changes in the original French text are in Stanza 2 – Tenia rampells de poeta He had a talent for poetry i a voltes es feia el saberut. So sometimes he wanted to be smart. Deia a la seva Marieta: He said to his wife Marieta, Ets més bonica que un mamut “You’re more beautiful than a mammoth! si vols venir a la meva cova If you want to come to my cave hi veurás pinturas murals, There you’ll see mural paintings, més bones que les d’en Picasso My talents are better than Picasso que ni en Dali en pinta d’iguais. Nor can Dali as painter equal them.”

For the original French lyrics see LY-WD18 and for information about Les Quatre Barbus version (1959) see under World Music – France – L’homme de Cromagnon. The YouTube audio-video sample (3:19) is not this version, rather it’s a performance by a class of 24 young kids singing the famous French folk song in Spanish accompanied by a few odd percussions and a whistle. Ref: Apasupersomhi, CDTrrracks Cor Coral-li, Apasupersom-hi!, cbuc.cat L’Home de Cromanyo (3:19), YouTube

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L’HOMME FOSSILE WD-FR-FK10 France 1966

L’HOMME FOSSILE WD – Folk – Comedy – Vocal & Instrumental

Comp: Pierre TISSERAND (LY-WD20) Rts: (BIEM)

Perf: Pierre TISSERAND (vocal)

ORCHESTRE CLAUDE BORLY Prod. Co: Disques Barclay Time: 1. Original EP: Barclay 70.983 7" 45rpm (EP) 2. Reissue on CD: PIERRE TISSERAND – CHANSON FRANÇAISE (2000) CD ULM 157 471-2 UN 777 (Tk 2) Notes: Performed in the traditional style of French humorous social critic songs. The four 8-verse stanzas end with a couplet. Speaking in the first person the prehistoric man tells how his remains have been picked over and “mishandled” by archeologists, then how he later became famous in the media. The experts declared that he was different from other animals and –

Ils ont dit que j´étais un virtuos´ du gourdin They said I was skilled with the club Qui assommait bisons aurochs et bonn´ fortune That could stun an aurochs, bison and good fortune Que j´étais drôl´ment doué pour les petits dessins I was extremely gifted for small drawings De Vénus callipyg´ aux tétons comm´ la lune. Of voluptuous Venus’ with breasts like the Moon.

Then in Stanza 4 starts out – Ils ont dit que j´vivais jadis dans une grotte They said I lived in a cave once Ils ont dit tell´ment d´choses tell´ment de trucs curieux They said so many things such curious stuff Qu´j´étais couvert de poils et qu´j´avais pas de culotte That I was covered with hair and had no pants Alors que j´habitais un pavillon d´banlieue While I lived in a suburban house

The prehistoric man finishes by saying that this was all before the war where everything blew up. There’s nothing to fear now, 3 million years later, as there’s no more fallout now. The original EP received the Prix Aznavour in 1966. The Dailymotion complete sample uses a variety of slides: mostly photos of prehistoric skulls & skeletons, paintings of caveman & caveman cartoons, museum exhibits, and a few caves – like the Grotte de Lascaux (Paleolithic painting of the fourth bull in the main hall and the one of the Chinese horse) and the Grotte de Niaux (the bisons in the Salon Noir). There is also the life-size caveman replica attacking two cave bears, which is on display in a cave at the Roque Saint-Christophe at Le Moustier in the Dordogne department. This song was later covered by the French popular singer Serge Reggiani and it was he who made it

famous (see next under World Music – WD-FR11 & WD-FR12). Ref: Chabert, Claude 1991, Personal communication, Paris Pierre Tisserand CD, skynet.be Pierre Tisserand, L’Homme fossile (2:09 ), Dailymotion (◄COMPLETE AUDIO SAMPLE) Pierre Tisserand, L’Homme fossile, Paroles, lyrics-copy Pierre Tisserand, Présentation & Discographie, friendship-first.com Tisserand, Pierre n.d., Pierre Tisserand, Biographie (in French), pierretisserand

_____________________________________ WD-FR-FK11 France 1968

L’HOMME FOSSILE WD – Folk – Vocal & Instrumental

Comp: Pierre TISSERAND (LY-WD20) Rts: (BIEM)

Perf: Serge REGGIANI (vocal)

(with orchestra) Prod. Co: Polydor Time: 2:39 A. French Releases: 1. Original LP: ET PUIS Polydor 2393 190 (Gatefold cover) 12” 33rpm (Sd 1 – Bd 2) 2. Reissue LP: ET PUIS (with bonus 7” 33 record) Polydor 48 901 (Gatefold cover) 12” 33rpm (Sd 1 – Bd 2) 3. Reissue on CD: ET PUIS (1998) Universal/ Polygram (?) (Tk 2) 4. Reissue on Compilation CD: BEST OF SERGE REGGIANI (2005) Polydor (?) (2XCDs) (Disc 1 – Tk 15) 5. Reissue on Box Set CDs: SERGE REGGIANI – VOL. 2 (2005) Az. (?) (3XCDs) (Disc 1 – Tk 3) B. Spanish LP: ET PUIS (1970) Polydor 2675 145 2X12” 33rpm (Disc 1 – Sd 2 – Bd ?) C. Israeli LP: ET PUIS (1968) Polydor 4890 12” 33rpm (Sd 1 – Bd 2) Notes: Originally composed by the atypical French singer-composer, Pierre Tisserand, (see above under World Music – WD-FR10) this song was covered by the popular French singer Serge Reggiani, who had a

great deal of success with it. This might have been the hit version of the song but I prefer Pierre Tisserand’s version; Reggiani doesn’t enunciate well. The YouTube sample starts with men digging a trench and then goes to shots of a lab technician manipulating the bundling fabric of a mummy. There are short scenes of prehistoric men running around or examining an object, all lifted from some caveman fiction film. It ends with shots of the A-bomb texts and then the statue of liberty sticking out of the beach from the 1968 film, Planet of the Apes. Ref: Pierre Tisserand, Bio, Wikipedia Serge Reggiani, Bio, (in French) Wikipedia & (in English) Wikipedia Serge Reggiani, Best of Serge Reggiani CD, musicme (◄COMPLETE AUDIO SAMPLE) Serge Reggiani, Discographie, Albums, jukebox.fr Serge Reggiani, Et puis CD, Stanza 2, Amazon.fr (◄AUDIO SAMPLE) Serge Reggiani, L’Homme fossile (2 :09), YouTube (◄COMPLETE AUDIO SAMPLE) Serge Reggiani, L’Homme fossile, Paroles & Accords, boitachansons

_____________________________________ WD-FR-FK12 France 1983

L’HOMME FOSSILE (LIVE) WD – Folk – Vocal & Instrumental

Comp: Pierre TISSERAND (LY-WD20) Rts: Warner

Perf: Serge REGGIANI (vocal)

(with orchestra) Prod. Co: Polydor Time: 2:13 1. Original LP: À L’OLYMPIA Polydor 813 178/188 2X12” 33rpm (Disc 1 – Sd 1 – Bd 4) 2. Reissue on CD: À L’OLYMPIA (1993) PolyGram 519 781-2 (Tk 4) 3. Reissue on CD: À L’OLYMPIA (2004) Polydor (Tk 4) Notes: A live version performed at the one of the most famous venues in Paris for French variété music. Ref: Serge Reggiani, À l’Olympia LP, Discogs & CD, Discogs Serge Reggiani, À l’Olympia 1983, Stanza 2 , Deezer (◄AUDIO SAMPLE)

_____________________________________________________ WD-FR-FK13 France ca.1970s

ÒME DE CRÒ- MANHON (LO TEMPS DE LAS CAVÈRNAS) World – Skiffle – Comedy – Vocal

Comp: Fulbert CANT (LY-WD27)

Perf: Fulbert CANT (vocal)

Manu Chevallier (Pichòt tuba) Joan-Francés Bonnel (guitar) Bernat Taillant (piano) Petitou (bass) Prod. Co: Edicions Revolum; Tolosa Rec. Co: Studio du Village; Montpellier Liner Notes: (Lyrics inside gatefold jacket) Time: 3:20 LP: "O MANÉ CROMPA-ME UN SKÉIT-BÒRD" Revolum RVM 323 12" 33rpm (Sd 2 – Bd 3) Notes: An obvious play on words relating to the well-known scout song, “L’Homme de Cromagnon.” A Occitan skiffle band, presumably from Montpellier, play an up-beat tune of a comic song sung by Cant in

Occitan, the old language of that area of France (which stretches from the Hérault to the Ariège departments). The six stanzas are a parody of our modern consumer society with overtones of the ecology movement. The sketch here is by J. Biret-Chaussat.

_____________________________________ WD-FR-FK14 France 1982

LE PONT D’ARC S’IL VOUS PLAIT * WD – Folk – Comedy – Tango – Vocal & Instrumental –

Cave Pic Cover

Comp: JEAN PIERRE (LY-WD30) Rts: (SACEM)

Perf: JEAN PIERRE (vocal & keyboards) Prod. Co: Arpin Disques Time: 3:07 1. Original 45: JEAN PIERRE CHANTE L’ARDECHE (PC-RE-FR22)

Arpin 008 Flip Sd: La Chanson de l’Ardèche

2. Reissue 45: JEAN PIERRE CHANTE L’ARDECHE (ca.1990s) JP 007 (Different Pic Cover) Flip Sd: La Chanson de l’Ardèche

Spec: (Both) 7” 45rpm Flip Sd: La Chanson de l’Ardèche Notes: A humorous tango song of 8 stanzas lamenting the summer tourist invasions in the Ardèche Gorge karst area of south central France; the way they dress, the trash they leave behind, and the general chaos they cause in this natural reserve area. The last two stanzas sum it up – VII. Les Aoutiens venus de tout les coins The August crowd coming from all over Brétons, Ch’timis, Mokos ou Parisiens Bretons, Northerners, Southerners, or Parisians Voudraient savoir si au Champs Elysées Want to know if, on the Champs Elysées, Notre Pont d’Arc pourrait bien triompher. Our Pont d’Arc could rightly triumph. VIII. Je vous en prie, en amis, soyez des anges, I beg of you, as friends, be angels, Bien que Paris en perdrait pas au change Just as Paris hasn’t lost by the exchange Installez vous au camping le plus près Install yourselves at the nearest camping Mais laissez nous le Pont d’Arc, s’il vous plait. But leave us the Pont d’Arc, please.

For the complete text see LY-WD30. The Pont d’Arc is a limestone natural bridge, actually a cave remnant, which spans the Ardèche River at the northwestern end of the famous Ardèche Gorge. Jean Pierre (whose family name remains unknown) used to perform at the Auberge Dingue upstream from Vallon-Pont-d’Arc on the road D579 to Ruoms. The old restaurant Auberge Dingue, now called, Le Pont des Mages, is located right next to this bridge. The flip side of this 45 has another song by Jean Pierre, which celebrates the valley of the Ardèche (see above WD-FR-FK1). Ref: Gorges de l’Ardèche, (in French), Wikipedia Jean Pierre chante l’Ardèche, Encyclopé Disque Morel, Philippe 2016, Le Pont des Mages, Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, 11 Mai 2016 Pont d’Arc, Wikipedia

_____________________________________ WD-FR-FK15 France 1997

LA VEINE BLEUE WD – Folk – Vocal & Instrumental

Comp: Michèle BERNARD (LY-WD41) Rts: (?)

Perf: Michèle BERNARD (vocal & piano) Prod. Co: EPM

Time: 3:04 CD: QUAND VOUS ME RENDREZ VISITE EPM 984032 (Tk 10) Notes: An intimate, sad song of four stanzas and chorus. Many verses here begin with “Du fond du…“ [From the bottom…], implying that her message is dipping down under, going into the depths. Stanza 2 for instance – Du fond des océans où chantent les baleines From the bottom of the ocean where whales sing Du fond du gouffre où veille un homme des cavernes From the bottom of the pit where a caveman watches Du fond des forêts où rôde le loup From the depths of the forest where the wolf prowls Du fond des mines où rôde le grisou. From the bottom of the mines where firedamp roves.

Then there is the chorus, which ends with – Y a cette veine bleue, sur ta tempe, qui me fait si peur There’s that blue vein on the temple, which scares me Petite rivière souterraine qui vient s´ jeter dans mon cœur Small underground river that comes an’ flows in my heart Qui vient s´ jeter dans mon cœur. That comes an’ flows in my heart.

Here again the lyrics go under, underground, comparing the veins that carry blood through the body to cave rivers. The last stanza ends with a call from the depths of remorse and anger. In 1992-1996, Michèle Bernard worked with Anne Sylvestre in Anne’s musical comedy for children, Lala et le Cirque du Vent, where Michèle acted and sang. At the start of her career Michèle was much influenced by the songs of Anne Sylvestre and later in the 1980s the two singers often performed on the same stage during festivals and co-recitals. (Lehoux 1997) In this connection it is quite interesting to note that Michèle sings here in the chorus about an “underground river” and 4 years later Anne Sylvestre wrote an entire musical for children entirely inspired by the famous resurgence, Fosse Dionne (see under Popular Music – France – Ivonne et Toinou PO-FR4). Ref: Anon. 2013, Michèle Bernard, Biography, (in French), Wikipedia Chabert, Claude 1991, Personal communication, Paris

Lehoux, Valérie !1997, Un “P’tit bonhomme de tempo,” Chorus, n. 19, Printemps 1997, p. 126-127, 131, & 133

Michèle Bernard, Les disques, Discographie, michelebernard Michèle Bernard, Quand vous me rendrez visite CD, Allmusic Michèle Bernard, Quand vous me rendrez visite, musicme (◄COMPLETE AUDIO SAMPLE) Michèle Bernard, Une sensibilité de femme (in French), chansonrebelle

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