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Uploaded on Oct 31, 2006

Sights of Montmartre (Paris) to a french popular classic.
Pardonnez la faute d'orthographe.
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In answer to many requests, here go the full lyrics:

"Je vous parle d'un temps
Que les moins de vingt ans
Ne peuvent pas connaître
Montmartre en ce temps-là
Accrochait ses lilas
Jusque sous nos fenêtres
Et si l'humble garni
Qui nous servait de nid
Ne payait pas de mine
C'est là qu'on s'est connu
Moi qui criait famine
Et toi qui posais nue

La bohème, la bohème
Ça voulait dire on est heureux
La bohème, la bohème
Nous ne mangions qu'un jour sur deux

Dans les cafés voisins
Nous étions quelques-uns
Qui attendions la gloire
Et bien que miséreux
Avec le ventre creux
Nous ne cessions d'y croire
Et quand quelque bistrô
Contre un bon repas chaud
Nous prenait une toile
Nous récitions des vers
Groupés autour du poêle
En oubliant l'hiver

La bohème, la bohème
Ça voulait dire tu es jolie
La bohème, la bohème
Et nous avions tous du génie

Souvent il m'arrivait
Devant mon chevalet
De passer des nuits blanches
Retouchant le dessin
De la ligne d'un sein
Du galbe d'une hanche
Et ce n'est qu'au matin
Qu'on s'assayait enfin
Devant un café-crème
Epuisés, mais ravis
Fallait-il que l'on s'aime
Et qu'on aime la vie!

La bohème, la bohème
Ça voulait dire on a vingt ans
La bohème, la bohème
Et nous vivions de l'air du temps

Quand au hasard des jours
Je m'en vais faire un tour
A mon ancienne adresse
Je ne reconnais plus
Ni les murs, ni les rues
Qui ont vu ma jeunesse
En haut d'un escalier
Je cherche l'atelier
Dont plus rien ne subsiste
Dans son nouveau décor
Montmartre semble triste
Et les lilas sont morts

La bohème, la bohème
On était jeunes, on était fous
La bohème, la bohème
Ça ne veut plus rien dire du tout...!"

Click on CC button for Closed Captions of Sub-titles in english.
Thank you, tawni723 for your research.

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  • easybatch

    Vous avez pris les photos vous même ?

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    in playlist Variété française
  • chuckgary

    Non, pas de tout, les photos ont été collectés à l'Internet, sur ​​différents sites.

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  • Saicto

    Hey I'm from 'used to be called' Bohemia (now Czech) and I just want to say that this term 'La Bohéme' means actually a gypsy woman. Well I do not speak french, so at least I can say that term 'boheme' originates in the country I come from and from where gypsies came to France.

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  • chuckgary

    This was extensively discussed earlier in comments, but thank you for your input.

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  • manuel reis

    You did a great work on the translation, ChuckGary! Tks. a lot!

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  • chuckgary

    Thank you! I had help!

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  • Alex Dietrich

    Ive studied french in highschool but im not that good. All i can say is even if you dont know this language, this song is absolutely amazing. You dont have to understand this language to love this song. French is the most romantic and beautiful language in the world, without i doubt.

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  • chuckgary

    It's called "french" and it's, like, the language they speak in France? - turn on Closed Caps for english translation lyrics subtitles, you'll get a gyst of it :)

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  • brainsurjonify

    Love story

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  • Françoise Van de Walle

    Bravo ! Mais il faut dire : LE ROI DE LA CHANSON ( je pense ..)

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  • imen akili

    merci bien pour le védio,

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  • Fredinotmercurybut

    Tu veux dire une bAGUette ?

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  • poderdaspalavras

    Esta canção é sem dúvida uma das mais belas jamais feitas. Quase uma jornada literária. Desperta-me sensações saudosas e me faz ter nostalgia por um tempo que nem sequer vivi. Mas essa canção é tão forte que faz qualquer um achar que já andou pelas ruas de Montmartre, pelos cafés... E mesmo a dificuldade da vida boêmia do artista, "o ventre vazio, comer um dia em dois", é retratada com dignidade e beleza! Grande artista C. Aznavour, vida longa!

    "Pardonnez-moi, je ne parle pas bien français."

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  • Marco Polo

    LE TEMPS POUR LE ROI DU CHANSON

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  • eueueutututu1

    about youth

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  • Sam Heni

    A great piece of poetry about the picturesque and challenging life of artists. Thanks to the 99 (human?) beings who disliked it. They really made me laugh.

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  • TheodoreAngelos

    Nous récitions des vers groupés autour du poêle en oubliant l'hiver... ಠ‿ಠ♥ Мы читали стихи, сидя вокруг печки. И забыв про зиму. Thank you so much for this great upload!

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  • El Grande Dojsé

    Se Pariiiiiiiiiii

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