Mon Amant de St. Jean

from Helen Gillet "Covers at the Carver" (2017) by Helen Gillet

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Mon Amant de St. Jean (Lucienne Delyle)
Traditional French song written in 1930's about falling in love with an accordion player!

lyrics

Je ne sais pas pourquoi j'allais danser
A Saint-Jean, au musette,
Mais quand un gars m'a pris un baiser,
J'ai frisonné, j'étais chippée.
Refrain :
Comment ne pas perdre la tête,
Serrée par des bras audacieux
Car l'on croit toujours aux doux mots d'amour
Quand ils sont dits avec les yeux.
Moi, qui l'aimais tant,
Je le trouvais le plus beau de Saint-Jean,
Je restais grisée sans volonté sous ses baisers.
Sans plus réfléchir, je lui donnais
Le meilleur de mon être,
Beau parleur, chaque fois qu'il mentait,
Je le savais, mais, je l'aimais.
Refrain
Mais hélas, à Saint-Jean comme ailleurs,
Un serment n'est qu'un leurre,
J'étais folle de croire au bonheur,
Et de vouloir garder son coeur.
Refrain :
Comment ne pas perdre la tête,
Serrée par des bras audacieux,
Car l'on croit toujours aux doux mots d'amour
Quand ils ont dits avec les yeux.
Moi, qui l'aimais tant,
Mon bel amour, mon amant de Saint-Jean,
Il ne m'aime plus, c'est du passé, n'en parlons plus.

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from Helen Gillet "Covers at the Carver" (2017), released April 29, 2017

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Helen Gillet New Orleans, Louisiana

Belgian-born Helen Gillet is a singer-songwriter and surrealist-archeologist focusing on the worlds of electronic sound and acoustic cello. She moved to New Orleans in 2002, where she has developed an eclectic palette of experimental, jazz, folk, funk, pop and classical. Gillet’s solo performance is known for its enigmatic quality as each song is played with a mastery of live looping technology. ... more