Georges Brassens

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8R0lXLHP1h1nsy-nZS7A_TbpKgImxGdU9_KLDU-M8FZ5-i7Mi826EMSlHuwhx_hmTlSg8e-3kqqk-c02Qs_w-UQZgQOBQADWqtXUrsr-fX_oR_lArN_vC676gleaeUTItxA2xWPi3qg/s1600/2011+nov+2+DSC_0284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8R0lXLHP1h1nsy-nZS7A_TbpKgImxGdU9_KLDU-M8FZ5-i7Mi826EMSlHuwhx_hmTlSg8e-3kqqk-c02Qs_w-UQZgQOBQADWqtXUrsr-fX_oR_lArN_vC676gleaeUTItxA2xWPi3qg/s640/2011+nov+2+DSC_0284.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Georges Brassens</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">singer-songwriter, poet </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>b. 22 October 1921</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>d. 29 October 1981</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last November (2011) I walked with Peter (Peter's Paris) along a small alley, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Impasse Florimont, where Brassens  originally sought to hide </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">while on leave from a German labor camp.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He did not return to the camp and lived here from 1944 to 1966 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with the owners Jeanne and Marcel Planche.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As we approached the door of 9, Impasse Florimont, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I took a photo of the fading rose and poignant note.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You see, it was just a few days after the 30th anniversary of Brassen's death.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It speaks of the sadness of the years since his passing to "a paradise of musicians."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Vous me manquez</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">I miss you</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">9, Impasse Florimont</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Near Rue des Suisses and Rue d'Alésia </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Plaisance </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Georges Brassens

Georges Brassens singer-songwriter, poet b. 22 October 1921 d. 29 October 1981 Last November (2011) I walked with Peter (Peter's Paris) ...

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