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mlissa94 Hello
MARYHENRI Yesterday, I reached the same conclusion as you
mlissa94, since I could only find writings* that never referred to a song, I deduced that it was a "story" given that: (among other things)
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http://sexygenaire.blogs.marieclaire.fr/archive/2006/03/19/docteur-j-ai-vu-la-vierge.html sources: ???
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http://elizabethpardon.hautetfort.com/archive/2010/01/23/l-hiver-de-ma-mere.html its sources: Excerpts from the notebook created by Anne Jacquemin who "awakens" every week the bogged-down memory of my mother: a remarkable work of survival (?)
... ...
Then I read your comment, which let’s be honest, did not help me find with your link (it doesn't lead to the correct magazine, nor the right author...) but did guide me well & ultimately with this link below:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k202167z/f84.image One can read:
However, - without speaking of the cabaret song, which is far superior & otherwise more spiritual, and consequently inaccessible to the masses, - these much maligned Gaulloiseries of the café-concert required, to be carried out successfully, a certain skill. One must know their trade to have certain audacities:
I was twenty
It was spring,
And I was a young lady.
When in a wood
Of Choisy-le-Roi,
I lost... my parasol.
-- My poor child,
My mother said to me,
It's a sad accident,
But tell me, won't you?
How did you lose it?
With allusions & innuendos, this was always the preferred genre of the café-concert. But it was also a school of diction & what a fine performer Eléonore Bonnaire* was who, at the Eldorado**, recounted how she lost... her parasol.
sic. In the Mercure De France magazine by the author, Alfred Vallette.
What do you understand?
Personally, I found myself in expectation, so I looked below, with a few links that I am sharing with you:
* Eléonore Bonnaire:
http://www.www.dutempsdescerisesauxfeuillesmortes.net/fiches_bio/bonnaire_eleonore/bonnaire_eleonore.htm ===>>
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89l%C3%A9onore-Agla%C3%A9-Marie_Despierres Éléonore-Aglaé-Marie Despierres is a French local historian.
** Eldorado:
http://www.www.dutempsdescerisesauxfeuillesmortes.net/textes_divers/cafes_concerts_et_music_halls/caf_conc_liste_alpha/cafes_concerts_e.htm#eldorado Her repertoire:
http://www.www.dutempsdescerisesauxfeuillesmortes.net/fiches_bio/bonnaire_eleonore/bonnaire_eleonore_repertoire.htm On Wiktionary, "grivoiserie" is linked to "song":
http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/grivoiserie I don't know if you followed me through all these connections... apart from her profession as a local historian, Eléonore Bonnaire, also known as Huerta, performs by interpreting poetry (& others) or singing... including the one we can now name "
A Choisy-Le-Roy" which is classified as a "grivoiserie" in the list of her multiple interpretations.
This is my conclusion.
Ultimately, with all these elements, I searched the few lines of the topic, in different forums, like old songs, risqué songs... in the one I cite here (
http://www.www.dutempsdescerisesauxfeuillesmortes.net/menus/2a_accueil.htm), by the names of the authors/composers (R. Richefort - E. Spencer)... well, I am sorry,
MARYHENRI, all these investigations were in vain, they just brought information about this song & its origin...
But if while wandering on the internet... I find something that may help, I will be sure to let you know.
Good evening to you.
Good evening to everyone.
