Francesca Solleville

L'enfant mort

1969 · La Fine Fleur 504 · Paris, France

Artist
Francesca Solleville
Title
L'enfant mort
Release
La fine fleur N°5
Year
1969
Label
La Fine Fleur # 504
Format
LP · Album
Language
French
Country
Paris, France
Genre
Chanson · Chanson
Primary theme
Peace, Protest & Anti-War

Annotation

Chanson artist, born on 2 March 1932 in Périgueux, France, released a cover of the Hélène Martin song "L'enfant mort" ("The Dead Child") (La Fine Fleur # 504). As discussed immediately above, it took an anti-war position, looking at the perspective of a civilian suffering in a war zone, "they fired again, I have a dead child in my arms". Presumably a reference to Vietnam, the narrator says "we took the air in the bamboo, bowl of rice, it was a feast", while the "the children are well fed from my carefree Paris".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

About the artist

born on 2 March 1932 in Périgueux, France

Themes

Anti-War

In collections

European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs