I've always read that Jacques Brel wrote this song about a condemned man on death row who murdered his wife and her lover and this is his lament to his former life. In the Brel version the wife is named Francoise, her lover is Emile and is father is Papa. And the song while extremely fast in tempo, is very dark and foreboding.
I've always read that Jacques Brel wrote this song about a condemned man on death row who murdered his wife and her lover and this is his lament to his former life. In the Brel version the wife is named Francoise, her lover is Emile and is father is Papa. And the song while extremely fast in tempo, is very dark and foreboding.