Rina Ketty - Padre Don José - 1952 (Original)

Info taken from David Neale's site :
http://www.davidneale.eu/elvis/originals/list7.html#S1411

Jacques Larue and Alain Romans composed the original French version of "Padre." The original title was "Padre Don José." The first recording was made in either 1951 or 1952 by Rina Ketty and was released in 1952. Ketty was an Italian-born singer who moved to France in 1932 and became a popular chansoniste, thanks to some extent to her accent. She is perhaps best rememebered for songs such as "Sombreros et Mantilles" and the everlasting "J'attendrai." However, her fame deserted her to a large extent in France after the war and she moved to Québec in 1954, where she continued a successful touring career. She returned to France in the mid 1960s, but to little success, so she decided to retire. Rina Ketty died just befor Christmas in 1996.
English lyrics to "Padre" were provided in the mid 1950s by Paul Francis Webster. Toni Arden had a million-seller with the number in 1958, reaching number 13 in the Billboard Hot 100. During an interview in 1958, Elvis stated that this was his favourite song. Marty Robbins also had a number 5 hit in 1970.

Lyrics

Padre Don José
Padre Don José
Quand tu nous as marié
Tu m'as dit que l'amour
Devait durer toujours
Tu m'as dit aussi
Qu'en priant le ciel
La joie remplit notre vie
Et qu'en étant fidèle
On garde son mari

Padre, padre
J'ai cru tout ce que tu m'as dit
Padre, padre
Pourquoi m'as tu menti ?

La fille aux yeux d'or qui me l'a volé
N'a pour Dieu que le péché
Et sans pudeur son corps
S'offre aux désirs cachés
Elle a m'a t-on dit
Dans ses lourds cheveux
Des perles et des rubis
Et donne à qui le veut
Tous ses baisers maudits

Padre, padre
Puisqu'elle garde mon mari
Padre, padre
Où est ton paradis ?
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Summary translation

Padre Don Jose
Padre Don Jose
When you married us
You said to me love
Has to last forever
You also said me
By praying the sky
Joy fills our lives
And by remaining faithful
One keep her husband

Padre, padre
I believed everything you said
Padre, padre
Why did you lie ?

The girl with golden eyes who stole him to me
Has for God only the sin
And without shame her body
Offers itself to the hidden desires
It was I said she has
In her heavy hair
Pearls and rubies
And gives everybody who wants it
All her cursed kisses

Padre, padre
Because she keeps my husband
Padre, padre
Where is your paradise ?
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• Rina
• Ketty
• Padre
• Don
• José
• 1952