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Mon Coeur est un Violon

from Points on the Map of Heaven by Cricket and Snail

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Featuring James' crooning and Lucie's playful violin playing, this nostalgic and melancholy French song from 1945 tells of a man whose beloved plays his heart like a violin.

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Mon coeur est un violon/My heart is a violin
Sur lequel ton archet joue/That your bow plays upon
Et qui vibre tout du long/And that vibrates with its whole length
Appuyé contre ta joue/Pressed against your cheek.
Tantôt l'air est vif et gai/Sometimes it plays a lively, happy tune
Comme un refrain de folie/Like a refrain of folly
Tantôt le son fatigué/Sometimes the tired sound
Traîne avec mélancolie/Drags with melancholy

Dans la nuit qui s'achève/When the night is coming to an end
Mon coeur est plein de toi/My heart is filled with you
La musique est un rêve/The music is a dream
Qui vibre sous tes doigts/That vibrates under your fingers
Sous tes doigts la caresse/Under your fingers the caress
Rend mon désir si fort/Makes my desire grow stronger
Qu'il va jusqu'à l'ivresse/It becomes a drunken hysteria
Et meurt à la fin de l'accord/And dies when the chord ends

Tantôt l'air est vif et gai/Sometimes it plays a lively, happy tune
Comme un refrain de folie/Like a refrain of folly
Tantôt le son fatigué/Sometimes the tired sound
Traîne avec mélancolie/Drags with melancholy
Et vibrant à l'unisson/And resonating in unison
Mon coeur est un violon.../My heart is a violin...

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from Points on the Map of Heaven, released March 16, 2021
Lucie Carlson: violin
James Carlson: voice, baritone ukulele, arrangement
Miarka Laparcerie: words and music

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Cricket and Snail Prague, Czechia

Cricket and Snail is a duo in Prague that features Lucie Carlson, violin/voice, and James Carlson, accordion/baritone ukulele/voice. Their eclectic musical repertory evokes the atmosphere of Old Europe and includes French songs, Celtic tunes, klezmer music, Classical pieces and originals. ... more

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