Le cadre villageois et montagnard, les références religieuses, la construction ternaire, close, le genre complainte des couplets renvoient à l’immuabilité d’un destin, à la pérennité d’un monde où chacun « vit sa vie » adossé à l’ancestrale tradition »La légende raconte que le « Village au fond de la vallée » de la chanson ferait référence au village de Après avoir appris l'existence de cette légende, Gilles a déclaré : « Je ne suis jamais allé dans ce coin du Jura, j'ignore Baume et j'ai fait cette chanson par hasard chez moi sur les rives du lac Léman »Comme Gilles l’explique le 26 novembre 1980 lors de son entretien avec Le rythme particulier de croche pointée double donne à ce refrain un caractère de marche, d’hymne qui rassemble et rassérène. Inspired by the beautiful setting, Herrand wrote “Les Trois Cloches”, a lyrical saga about church bells marking Nicot’s birth, marriage and death.“Les Trois Cloches” becomes a showcase for the Chorus and Mella’s passionate lead vocals. Chorus 2: D# Toutes les cloches sonnent, sonnent, A# Leurs voix, d'écho en écho, A#7 merveilleusement couronnent D# la noce à François Nicot. Though the English translation does briefly mention a priest, it replaces the concluding lines for the birth, marriage, and death with prayers by “the little congregation,” taking a more democratic, bottom-up, Protestant-friendly attitude toward religion.When the man dies, once more on a starry night, the French takes the opportunity for some reflection: “All flesh is like the grass. Login or register to post comments; Music Tales. Francois Nicot was anglicized into the familiar JIMMY BROWN.

She noticed the audiences’ response to the Chorus musical precision, topical parodies and especially the moving “Les Trois Cloches”. As entertainers, Les Compagnons traveled freely through occupied France and into neutral Switzerland. Guests at the accommodation can enjoy ping pong on site, or go hiking or skiing in the surrounding areas. It does choose a “rainy morning dark and grey” to replace the starry night this time, but it considers that Jimmy Brown’s life “had been like a flower: budding, blooming till the end” rather than withering.

Under his wing you will find, together with eternal life, the eternity of love.” Those remarks — by the priest in one case, by the supernaturally speaking bell in the others — dramatically conclude each section of the song.The French, of course, are traditionally Catholic, with a religion that channels God’s authority down to the people through the priest.

Reisfeld’s translation remained true to Villards’s basic conception; church bells heralding a person’s birth, marriage, and death.

Dans la foulée, une mémorable tournée la fit connaître aux États-Unis, où elle devint un standard sous le titre de La chanson décrit le passage du temps, rythmé par les sonneries des cloches d'un village, annonçant les grands événements de la vie : naissance, mariage et mort. Lons-le-Saunier is 8 miles from Les Trois Cloches, while Arbois is 24 miles away. When Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944, its members joined the French Army Choir. Complete your Edith Piaf & Les Compagnons De La Chanson collection. It’s to welcome a soul, a flower that will open out one day.” When the bells chime for his wedding, it’s the priest who makes the announcement: “A single heart, a single soul, and may you always be a pure flame rising to proclaim the greatness of your love.” For the funeral it’s the bell again that speaks to the mourners: “One day God will give you a sign.