Un coin du ciel bleu (MS2011-3222-014)
Dublin Core
Title
Un coin du ciel bleu (MS2011-3222-014)
Alternative Title
My Blue Heaven
Subject
Description
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-014 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 26-27.
Strophic song; two verses, one refrain after first verse.
“Un coin du ciel bleu” [“Un coin du ciel bleu”; “A Corner of Blue Heaven”] is a French-language setting by Roméo Beaudry of the popular 1924 American song “My Blue Heaven,” with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by George A. Whiting. The song was used in the New York Broadway show, Ziegfield Follies of 1927, and went on to be a huge hit on Victor 20964-A for crooner Gene Austin, accompanied by the Victor Orchestra. It charted for 26 weeks, stayed at number one for 13, and sold over five million copies, becoming one of the best selling singles of all times.
The French-language lyrics are the work of Montreal songwriter, composer, pianist, and recording studio owner/producer, Roméo Beaudry. Beaudry (1882-1932) was, along with his friend Herbert Berliner, the most important producer of Canadian artists in the first half of the 20th century. During the 1920s, Beaudry’s Montreal-based Starr studio produced 693 francophone records, featuring almost every great name in Quebec lyric, folk and variety song with equal success. He also produced songs with original lyrics and melodies as well as French-language translation of popular American hits of the era. As is often the case, Beaudry’s lyrics are not a translation of Donaldson’s, but rather an original set of lyrics which are inspired by the original song and which contain a few quotes to remind the listener of the connection. In December 1927, Quebecois baritone Jean Cartier recorded Beaudry’s setting at the Montreal Compo studios, which owned the Starr label (issue # 15401; matrix # 3117): http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone-bin/Main/ItemDisplay?l=0&l_ef_l=-1&id=987628.359401&v=1&lvl=1&coll=24&rt=1&itm=31398709
Strophic song; two verses, one refrain after first verse.
“Un coin du ciel bleu” [“Un coin du ciel bleu”; “A Corner of Blue Heaven”] is a French-language setting by Roméo Beaudry of the popular 1924 American song “My Blue Heaven,” with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by George A. Whiting. The song was used in the New York Broadway show, Ziegfield Follies of 1927, and went on to be a huge hit on Victor 20964-A for crooner Gene Austin, accompanied by the Victor Orchestra. It charted for 26 weeks, stayed at number one for 13, and sold over five million copies, becoming one of the best selling singles of all times.
The French-language lyrics are the work of Montreal songwriter, composer, pianist, and recording studio owner/producer, Roméo Beaudry. Beaudry (1882-1932) was, along with his friend Herbert Berliner, the most important producer of Canadian artists in the first half of the 20th century. During the 1920s, Beaudry’s Montreal-based Starr studio produced 693 francophone records, featuring almost every great name in Quebec lyric, folk and variety song with equal success. He also produced songs with original lyrics and melodies as well as French-language translation of popular American hits of the era. As is often the case, Beaudry’s lyrics are not a translation of Donaldson’s, but rather an original set of lyrics which are inspired by the original song and which contain a few quotes to remind the listener of the connection. In December 1927, Quebecois baritone Jean Cartier recorded Beaudry’s setting at the Montreal Compo studios, which owned the Starr label (issue # 15401; matrix # 3117): http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone-bin/Main/ItemDisplay?l=0&l_ef_l=-1&id=987628.359401&v=1&lvl=1&coll=24&rt=1&itm=31398709
Abstract
Singer's humble home is better than a palace, because true love has made it blue heaven, where he and his true love find supreme happiness.
Source
VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Song Item Type Metadata
Supplied Title
Un coin du ciel bleu
Tranlsated Title
A Corner of Blue Heaven
First Line
Ma chaumiere nes plus chère
Composer
Donaldson, Walter
Lyricist
Beaudry, Roméo
Whiting, George A.
Transcription
1
Ma chaumiere n’es plus chere
Que le palaisdu roi
C’est mon bonheur a moi
Sans fortune infortune
Je possede ici bas ce qu’il n’a pas
Refrain
Un coin du ciel bleu
Oui je vais joyeux
Retrouve celle que j’aime
C’est un nid d’amour
Ou je vais toujour
Retrouve un bonheur supreme
Des beau yeux noir
Qui chaque soir attendre mon retour
Des baisers qui font oublier
L’ennuie le jour
Un coin du ciel bleu
Un bon nid pour deux
Peut on trouvee mieux quand on s’aime
2
La journee terminee
Je me mit en chemin
Sans penser a demain
Mon coeur vibre je suis libre
Et je presse le pas car j’ai la bas
Fin
Ma chaumiere n’es plus chere
Que le palaisdu roi
C’est mon bonheur a moi
Sans fortune infortune
Je possede ici bas ce qu’il n’a pas
Refrain
Un coin du ciel bleu
Oui je vais joyeux
Retrouve celle que j’aime
C’est un nid d’amour
Ou je vais toujour
Retrouve un bonheur supreme
Des beau yeux noir
Qui chaque soir attendre mon retour
Des baisers qui font oublier
L’ennuie le jour
Un coin du ciel bleu
Un bon nid pour deux
Peut on trouvee mieux quand on s’aime
2
La journee terminee
Je me mit en chemin
Sans penser a demain
Mon coeur vibre je suis libre
Et je presse le pas car j’ai la bas
Fin
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Citation
“Un coin du ciel bleu (MS2011-3222-014),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed October 17, 2024, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/859.
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