SONG
"It's finds like this that make this musical journey a rewarding one. Of course, being a huge Kevin Spacey fan (he directed and starred in a film based on Bobby Darin's life) and a fan of music in general, I am familiar with Bobby Darin's Beyond the Sea, but I had no idea that it was based on an original French song. Oh yes, and THIS is a TUNE!!!" - LC
Producer: Uncredited.
Translation
The Sea
The sea,
Label: EMI.
FACTS
- Trenet wrote the lyrics of "La Mer" on a train in 1943 while travelling along the French Mediterranean coast, returning from Paris to Narbonne. He supposedly wrote the song in ten minutes, on toilet paper supplied by SNCF.
- He was assisted with the tune by Leo Chauliac. It was originally published by Raoul Breton.
- It was not until 1946 that Trenet recorded the song, since neither he nor the people around him believed the song to be anything special or particularly original.
- When he released "La Mer" in 1946 it became an unexpected hit, and has remained a French classic ever since.
- English lyrics, unrelated to the French lyrics, were later written by Jack Lawrence and entitled "Beyond the Sea".
- This became a hit for Bobby Darin in 1959.
- The song has been recorded by more than 400 other artists in many languages.
Translation
The Sea
The sea,
We see dancing along the shores of clear bays,
Shimmers with silver
The sea
Changing shimmers
Under the rain
The sea
With the summer sky
Mix up her white horses
With the angels so pure
The infinite azure shepherdess
Sea
Sea
By the ponds
Those big wet reeds
See
Those white birds
And those rusty houses
The sea
Has cradled them
Along the shores of clear bays
And with a love song
The sea
Has rocked my heart for life.
Bobby Darin's Beyond the Sea:
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