THE RIVER SEINE (LA SEINE)
(Guy LaFarge / Flavian Monod - English Lyrics: Geoffrey Parsons)


Renée Lamy - 1948 (Original French Recording)
Doris Day - 1949
Anders Borge - 1949 (Swedish recording)
Lale Andersen - 1951 (German recording)
Liselotte Malkowsky - 1951 (German recording)
Bing Crosby - 1953 (Recorded in French)
Liane & The Boheme Bar Trio (French recording)
Maurice Chevalier - 1958 (French recording)
Harry Secombe - 1963


INSTRUMENTAL RECORDINGS:
Victor Young & His Singing Strings - 1950
Michel Legrand & His Orch. - 1954
The Three Suns - 1955
Trio Raisner - 1956
Roger Williams - 1957
Liberace - 1961
Horst Wende & His Accordion Band - 1969
Del Huff & His Cordovox - 1978





As recorded by DORIS DAY:

The Seine when she starts on her travels
Lazily flows from her source
Slowly her length she unravels
Twisting and turning her course

Deep in the country she tarries
Not knowing which way to go
Till the enchantment of Paris
Beckons her swiftly to flow

She goes flowing, flowing, flowing
As she leaves the countryside
For she's going, going, going
To meet Paris like a bride

And she's cooing, cooing, cooing, cooing
Like the murmuring doves
For the Seine has gone a-wooing
And it's Paris that she loves

She goes singing, singing, singing
She's as happy as a bride
And she's clinging, clinging, clinging
To the banks on either side

She goes winding, winding, winding, winding
Dizzy now in her bed
For the River Seine is finding
That her love goes to her head

She goes gladly, gladly, gladly
While her love is in her arms
And then sadly, sadly, sadly
As she leaves the city's charms

And she carries, carries, carries, carries
Sweet regret in her mind
For the Seine's in love with Paris
And she's left her love behind

For the Seine's in love with Paris
And she's left her love behind



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2017)