| Le Funi - August 02, 1925 |
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The Breton bard, Théodore Botrel, has just died in Pont-Aven, carried off by pulmonary congestion. His songs are remembered by all, and during the war, as we recall, he had sung at the front. I
I left my broom, my moor And my fine granite bell tower, To obey the request Of my friend Gaston Cony, But my heart, alas!... Sighs softly. Because, with all due respect, I'm already bored at Buttes-Chaumont.
It's so far from the woman from Paimpol
Who hopes for me in Brittany! II Your Paris is magnificent. That... I agree with all my heart. It's so beautiful that it's magical. And it's so big that I'm afraid... And I say quietly, Almost at every step: All the same, we're more comfortable In our humble and quiet house, Next to the woman from Paimpol Who hopes for me in Brittany!... III Your Parisian women are pretty, But they need finery. To adorn them, what follies We must commit every day! And their frills Don't panic me. Because, truly, with all due respect to them, Théodore BOTREL. (April 1921) |
Théodore Botrel and Guignol
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La Pampolaise sung by Théodore Botrel in 1923 Paimpol and the filming of the movie "Pêcheur d’Islande" with the women of Paimpol in period costume at the time of the sailors' departure. Film based on the novel by Pierre Loti, which inspired the Breton bard. |
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