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Artist: Charles Trénet
Canonical path: /charles-trenet/le-negre
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Le nègre
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Le nègre
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Voici près de son col cassé,Sa perle de cravate.
Il est roi d'escaliersen faux bois,
dans des hôtels douteux.Il est ciré par des histoires de métissésMais il est du beau noir qui donne aux cheveux lisses,Quand ils sont blancs "Show Boat",
le respect desfrisés.Son casier judiciaire accuse une surpriseIl a "fait disparaître"
et n'a tué personne.Ô
lointains souvenirs,
Martinique et Tropiques,La tasse de café qu'un consul empoisonne...Le réveil en Europe,
est des blancs,
le vertige.La fleur noire qui meurt ardente sur sa tige,La boxe,
le jazz band démodé,
le commerce,Frontières,
escaliers menant au roi de Perse,Astrologie des mondes morts,
du lendemainQui fleurit dans le creux rose et noir de sa main...
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