“Autumn Leaves – Les feuilles mortes” (Kosma/Prévert)

Melanie Scholtz – Vocals

Daniel Shout – Saxophone

Stanislav Angelov – Bandoneon

Albert Combrink – Piano

Charles Lazar – Double Bass

Kevin Gibson – Drums

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“Autumn Leaves” is a much-recorded popular song. Originally it was a 1945 French song “Les feuilles mortes” (literally “The Dead Leaves”) with music by Hungarian-French composer Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert. The American songwriter Johnny Mercer wrote English lyrics in 1947 and Jo Stafford was among the first to perform this version. “Autumn Leaves” became a pop standard and a jazz standard in both languages, both as an instrumental and with a singer. On December 24, 1950, French singer Edith Piaf sang both French and English versions of this song on the radio programme The Big Show, hosted by Tallulah Bankhead

LYRICS in FRENCH and ENGLISH as well as ENGLISH TRANSLATION of

FRENCH LYRICS ENGLISH TRANSLATION ENGLISH LYRICS
C’est une chanson
Qui nous ressemble
Toi qui m’aimais
Et je t’aimaisNous vivions tous les deux ensemble
Toi qui m’aimais
Moi qui t’aimaisMais la vie sépare
Ceux qui s’aiment
Tout doucement
Sans faire de bruitEt la mer efface sur le sable
Les pas des amants désunis.		 This is a song
which resembles us
You who loved me
And I loved youWe lived both together
You who loved me
Me who loved youBut life separates
Those who love themselves
slowly, quietly, without a soundAnd the sea erases on the sand
Steps of divided lovers.		 The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to holdSince you went away the days grow long
And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

Find the FRENCH LYRICS and ENGLISH TRANSLATION of “Autumn Leaves – Les feuilles mortes”  HERE.

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Melanie Scholtz (vocal) / Stanislav Angelov (Bandoneon) / Albert Combrink (Piano) /Daniel Shout (Saxophone) / Charles Lazar (Double Bass) / Kevin Gibson (Drums)
LIVE at the Oude Libertas Amphitheater, Stellenbosch, South Africa from the show “Buona Sera Signorina” 28/11/12 – Live Amateur Cellphone Video

Melanie Scholtz (vocal) http://melaniejazz.tumblr.com
Stanislav Angelov (Bandoneon) http://www.goodmusic.co.za
Daniel Shout (Saxophone) http://www.shoutmc.com/Shout_Music_Company/Welcome.html
Albert Combrink (Piano) https://www.albertcombrink.com