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VANITAS VANITATIS PÂTURE DE VENT
ON SE PREND POUR UN ARTISTE
DÉBORDANT DE TALENT

MAIS COMME DIRAIT LA PALISSE PÂTURE DE VENT
VANITAS VANITATIS ON A LE NEZ DANS LE NÉANT

UNE BRANLETTE À LA NARCISSE
UN COMPTE EN BANQUE EN SUISSE
ET ON SE CROIT SORTIS DE LA CUISSE
DE JUPITER DIT JOVIS

MAIS VANITAS VANITATIS PÂTURE DE VENT
TOUT LE MONDE N’EST PAS ELVIS
ON A LE NÉANT DANS LE SANG

UNE BRANLETTE À LA NARCISSE
TON NOM AU BOX OFFICE
ET PUIS SPLASH DE PROFUNDIS
VANITAS VANITATIS

VANITAS VANITATIS PÂTURE DE VENT
ET COMME L'A DIT JÉSUS CHRIST
QU’ÀS TU FAIT DE TON TALENT ?
AU SUIVANT

VANITAS VANITATIS (Lyrics)

I’M GOING DOWN THE RIVER
JUST LIKE A ROAD OF WATER
FLOWING MY LIFE BUT YONDER
SAME WAY THAT WENT MY BROTHER

A MILLION DESTINATIONS
AND NO NEED OF DIRECTIONS
NO CHOICE AS FAR I KNOW
THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO GO

THERE’S A BIG ROCK AT THE CORNER
SOLID AND SOLIDAIRE
AND WHEN I NEED CONSOLATION
I KNOW I’LL ALWAYS FIND HIM THERE

I’M GOING DOWN THE RIVER
DRIFTWOOD FLOATING BY
AND I’VE GOT INTUITION
SOMEONE’S WAITING FOR ME THERE
SO
FORGET ME NOT MY BROTHER
YOU WHOM I NEVER KNEW
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME CONFUSION
ONCE BETWEEN ME AND YOU

THE ROCK (Lyrics)

PETIT PRINCE
DESSINE MOI UNE CHANSON
CHANTE MOI UN MOUTON
REFAIS MOI UN MONDE

PETIT PRINCE
J’AI APPRIS MES LEÇONS
J’AI SUIVI LES MOUTONS
ET QUE VOIS-JE À LA RONDE

C’EST UN MONDE
PAS MOYEN DE S’ENTENDRE
EST-CE SI DUR D’ÊTRE TENDRE
ET DE SE TENDRE LA MAIN

PETIT PRINCE
MONTRE MOI TON ÉTOILE
QUE J’Y METTE LES VOILES
POUR M’Y REFAIRE UN MONDE  

PETIT PRINCE
J’AI CASSÉ MON MOTEUR
TOI TU REPARS AILLEURS
T’OCCUPER DE TA FLEUR

PETIT PRINCE
PLUS MOYEN DE SAVOIR
PLUS MOYEN DE SE VOIR
SAUF AVEC LE CŒUR
 
PETIT PRINCE
C’EST POUR TOI QUE J’EN PINCE
REPARTI DANS L’ESPACE
VERS TON ASTEROÏDE

PETIT PRINCE

ASTÉROÏDE B612

ET MERCI POUR LE BLUES

PETIT PRINCE (Lyrics)

Avec l'aimable autorisation de Suzy Delair (1917-2020) "avec mon tralala" du film Quai des Orfèvres.


IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS
J’AVAIS LA FOI
JE CROYAIS EN LA LOI
EN DIEU EN MOI    
MAIS AVEC LE TEMPS VOILÀ
ET TOUT SON TRALALA       
BON DIEU J’AI PERDU LA FOI
JE SAIS PLUS OÙ JE VA
 
IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS
JE DONNAIS DE LA VOIX OUAIS
JE CHANTAIS SOUS LES TOITS
POUR MON CHAT
MAIS AVEC LE TEMPS VOILÀ
FINIS LES TRALALAS
MON DIEU J’AI PERDU MA VOIE 
JE SAIS PLUS OÙ JE VA

IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS
C’ÉTAIT LA JOIE
ON ÉTAIT DES BABAS
COOL HARE KRISHNA
MAIS DE CHARHYBDE EN SCYLLA
TOMBÉ DE HAUT EN BAS
DANS CE BRANLE-BAS DE COMBAT
JE SAIS PLUS OÙ JE VA

IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS
J’AVAIS LE CHOIX
TREMOLOS ET TRALALAS
GUIDAIENT MES PAS
MAIS ENTRE ICI ET LÀ-BAS
OU SUIS-JE QUI LO SA
ET TOI A PART DROIT DEVANT TOI
TU SAIS PLUS OÙ TU VAS

TRALALA (Lyrics + note)

With words like fire, he shapes the night,
Imre’s mind, a canvas burning bright,
His pen’s a blade, cutting through the haze,
A genius lost in the poet’s maze.


Imre Lodbrog, the voice of the storm,
A writer’s heart, in a world reborn,
He spins the truth from shadows and dreams,
In every note, the world redeems.


In quiet corners, he finds the gold,
Stories untold, in whispers bold,
A troubadour of the wandering mind,
Leaving behind a legacy to find.


And when the world forgets the sound,
Of words that heal, of love profound,
Imre’s song will echo still,
A genius heart that time can't kill.


Imre Lodbrog, the voice of the storm,
A writer’s heart, in a world reborn,
He spins the truth from shadows and dreams,
In every note, the world redeems.

Imre Lodbrog(Lyrics)

With Andrew Doyle, Dominique Le Bars, Barbara Browning 
+ distant echo of Dan
https://soundcloud.com/andrew-doyle-32194121
https://soundcloud.com/dominique-le-bars
https://soundcloud.com/barbarabrowning
https://soundcloud.com/dan-lemiel

Y’A COMME UN TROU DANS L’AIR 
COMME QUI DIRAIT UN TROU D’AIR
OU SUR LA ROUTE UN DOS D’ÂNE

Y’A UN HOMME À LA MER`
NOYÉ DANS SES CHIMÈRES
EMPORTÉ PAR LES EAUX DAN

OH WE MISS YOU MAN
YEAH WE MISS YOU
OH WE MISS YOU DAN
YEAH WE MISS YOU


Honey Man, Amphibian
Internationaliste et Républicain
Au revoir notre plus cher mec
Le fier vieux fils du beau Québec
Enthusiast, innovator
Cher ami and co-creator
Citoyen de notre monde
Making waves across the pond
Un veritable homme des nations
Nous remplissant d'inspiration
Honey Man, Amphibian
Nous remplissant d'inspiration

HONEY MAN (Messy Mix) tribute to DanLeMiel (Collab with... see description)

WELL IT IS HEAVEN  IN PARADISE
PASTIS AT SEVEN EN TERRASSE
AN ANGEL IS PASSING SUR LE TROTTOIR D’EN FACE
LIFE WAS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE

YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY
IT’S BEEN A LONG DAY
NOW YOU’RE IN HEAVEN IN PARADISE

HEY HAVE A MANGO IT’S ON THE HOUSE
DANCE A FANDANGO WITH MICKEY MOUSE
NEVER SAY NEVER DIEU EST DANS LA PLACE
SILENCE ET FERVEUR UN ANGE PASSE

YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY
IT’S BEEN A LONG DAY
NOW YOU’RE IN HEAVEN IN PARADISE

IT IS HEAVEN IN PARADISE
PASTIS AT SEVEN ABOVE THE STARS
NEVER SAY NEVER YOU NEVER KNOW
ALWAYS IS OVER YOU HAD TO GO 

YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY
IT’S BEEN A LONG DAY
NOW YOU’RE IN HEAVEN IN PARADISE

YOU HAD THE WORST YOU HAD THE BEST
AND NOW YOU GET ETERNAL REST
AT LAST
RELAX RELAX RELAX…

HEAVEN IN PARADISE (Lyrics)

WITH A SAD PRIMEVAL MOTION
TOWARDS THE SUNSET ILES OF BOSHEN
STILL THE TURTLE BORE HIM WELL
HOLDING FAST UPON HIS SHELL
LADY JINGLE JONES FAREWELL
SANG THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO
SANG THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO
HOLDING FAST UPON HIS SHELL

FROM THE COST OF COROMANDEL
DID THAT LADY NEVER GO
ON THAT HEAP OF STONES SHE MOURNS
FOR THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO
IN HIS JUG WITHOUT A HANDLE
STILL SHE WEEPS AND DAILY MOANS
ON THAT LITTLE 
HEAP OF STONES
FOR THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO

YONGHY-BONGHY-BO (Limerick by Edward Lear)

SHE SATE UPON HER DOBIE 
TO WATCH THE EVENING STAR
AND ALL THE PUNKAHS AS THEY PASSED
CRIED "MY HOW FAIR YOU ARE!"
AROUND HER BOWER WITH QUIVERING LEAVES
THE TALL KAMSAMAHS GREW
AND KITMUGARS IN WILD FESTOONS
HUNG DOWN FROM TCHOKIS BLUE

BELOW HER HOME THE RIVER ROLLED
WITH SUCH MELOOBIOUS SOUND
WHERE GOLDEN-FINNED CHUPRASSIES
IN MYRIADS CIRCLING ROUND
ABOVE ON TALLEST TREES REMOTE
GREEN AYAHS PERCHED ALONE
AND ALL NINGH LONG THE MUSSAK MOAN'D
IN MELANCHOLY TONE

AND WHERE THE PURPLE NULLAHS THREW
THEIR BRANCHES FAR AND WIDE
AND SILVERY GOREEWALAHS FLEW
IN SILENCE SIDE BY SIDE

THE LITTLE BHEESTIES' TWITTERING CRY
ROSE ON THE FLAGRANT AIR
AND OFT THE ANGRY JAMPAN HOWLED
DEEP IN IN HIS HATEFUL LAIR

SHE SATE UPON HER DOBIE 
TO WATCH THE EVENING STAR
AND ALL THE PUNKAHS AS THEY PASSED
CRIED "MY HOW FAIR YOU ARE!"
AROUND HER BOWER WITH QUIVERING LEAVES
THE TALL KAMSAMAHS GREW
AND KITMUGARS IN WILD FESTOONS
HUNG DOWN FROM TCHOKIS BLUE

THE CUMMERBUND (Limerick by Edward Lear)

a track from Tyrone and Lesley's album 'Ukulele Heart'
live video here: http://youtu.be/af79kV7kgXI
purchase here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/tyrone-and-lesley/id512171386?uo=4

Bottoms

a track from Tyrone and Lesley's 2012 album 'Ukulele Heart'
see a video here: http://youtu.be/mT4pnKPHHM4
Ukulele Heart on itunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ukulele-heart/id512171383?uo=4
Tyrone and Lesley on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TyroneUkulele

Lonely

Un tema que grabó Gilbert O'Sullivan allá por el año 1972.

Mi versión en ukelele y guitarra



Clair - ukulele

Sadness will go away

Mannish boy

STARFISH ON A TOAST cover Donovan

Gratter modestement quelques cordes d'instruments magiques.
Ukulele, Strum stick; instruments de 1 à 4 cordes.
-
Scrape some modest magic strings instruments.
Ukulele, Strum Stick, 1 instruments with 4 strings.

limited instrument. limited voice. limited production values. use your imagination.

Here's a little essay I wrote about the uke covers (it's totally true!): http://www.brooklynrail.org/2012/05/express/i-wish-you-love 

i've posted twenty-seven sets as virtual "albums" ("naked lady with a ukulele," "b-sides," "hm, still playing with myself," "my left elbow," "disco finger lights," "tattoo," "riot," "léo et barbara," "read the book," "streets of berlin," "on and on," "psychotic girl," "we cracked the code," "i really am a lucky man," "larga," "breakable," "maypole," "moon river," "amnesia," "the fourth month," "we come unknowing," "work," "feline past lives," "plastic," "give me back my wig," "junk," and "plays well with others"). the last one is composed of duets with friends and family members. all these covers were made as gifts, and as such their primary value (if they have any) is sentimental. also posted here is my ep with the great imre lodbrog. also, i take requests.

Mannish boy

barbarabrowning

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