July 11, 1930. Reynaldo Hahn accompanies himself on piano singing Le Retour Du Marin (traditionelle)

Описание: Reynaldo Hahn recorded so many charming songs and humorous songs! Many he wrote and many he didn't. Here is a traditional French song that he recorded in 1930. (Some of the lyrics I couldn't get quite right..apologies:)

--Retour Du Marin (return of the sailor)

Brave marin revient de guerre, tout doux :
Tout mal chaussé, tout mal vêtu.
Brave marin, d’où reviens-tu, tout doux ?

Madame, je reviens de guerre, tout doux :
Qu’on apporte ici du vin blanc
Que le marin boit en passant, tout doux.

Brave marin se mit à boire, tout doux :
[Se mit à boire et à chanter
L’hôtesse se mit à pleurer]tout doux.

Qu’avez vous donc, dame l’hôtesse? Tout doux :
Regrettez-vous votre vin blanc
Que le marin boit en passant, tout doux?

Ce n’est pas mon vin que je regrette, tout doux :
Mais je pleure pour mon mari,
Monsieur, vous ressemblez à lui, tout doux.

Mais dites-moi, dame l’hôtesse, tout doux :
Vous aviez de lui trois enfants
Et j’en vois quatre à présent, tout doux.

J’ai tant reçu de fausse lettre, tout doux :
Qu’il était mort et enterré
Que je me suis remariée, tout doux.

Brave marin vida son verre, tout doux :
Et sans rien dire, et en pleurant,
Il a rejoint son bâtiment, tout doux.


Poor sailor coming back from the wars. All is fine!
One foot shod, the other nude,
"Poor sailor, from whence come ye?"
All is fine!

"Madame, I have come home from the wars - All is fine!
He drank and he sang,
But the lovely hostess cried.
All is fine!

The gallant sailor drinks the wine.
All is fine!
He drank and he sang,
But the lovely hostess cried.
All is fine!

"What is the matter with you, lovely hostess?"
All is fine!
"Are you sorry for your white wine
the sailor is drinking?"
All is fine!

"It is not my wine that I regret."
All is fine!
"It's because I've lost my husband,
Mister, he looked like you!"
All is fine!

"Ah, tell me, my lovely hostess"
All is fine!
"Didn't you have two children by him -
And now you have four?"
All is fine!

"When they wrote and told me the news"
All is fine!
"That he was dead and buried,
I married again!"
All is fine!

The gallant sailor drank his wine.
All is fine!
Without thanks and sorrowful,
Went back to his ship.
All is fine!