Walt Whitmans Niece

Billy Bragg

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:::::::::::::::::::: WALT WHITMAN’S NIECE :::::::::::::::::::: (Bragg/Guthrie) intro: Last night or the night before that (I won’t say which night) A seaman friend of mine (I’ll not say which seaman) Walked up to a big old building (I won’t say which building) And would not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs) If there had not have been two girls (Leaving out the names of those two girls) I recall a door a big long room (I’ll not tell which room) I remember a deep blue rug (but I can’t say which rug) A girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems) As she read I laid my head (and I can’t tell which head) Down in her lap (and I can mention which lap) spoken: My seaman buddy and his girl moved off After a couple of pages and there I was All night long laying and listening And forgetting the poems And as well as I could recall Or my seaman buddy could recollect The girl had told us that she was a niece of Walt Whitman But not which niece And it takes a night and a girl And a book of this kind A long long time to find its way back harmonica solo over verse chords Last night or the night before that (I won’t say which night) A seaman friend of mine (I’ll not say which seaman) Walked up to a big old building (I won’t say which building) And would not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs) If there had not have been two girls (Leaving out the names of those two girls) Yes I recall a door a big long room (I’ll not tell which room) I remember a deep blue rug (but I can’t say which rug) A girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems) As she read I laid my head (and I can’t tell which head) Down in her lap (and I can mention which lap) fade out: guitar solo over verse

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La chanson évoque une rencontre nocturne entre un ami marin et deux jeunes femmes, dans un grand bâtiment aux murs chargés de poésie. Dans une pièce aux accents tranquilles, une des filles lit des vers, créant une atmosphère intimiste où le narrateur se laisse porter, allongé sur les genoux de l’une d’elles. Elle révèle qu’elle est la nièce de Walt Whitman, sans préciser laquelle, laissant planer un mystère autour de cette connexion littéraire. Le récit se déroule dans un cadre urbain, où l'ombre de la célèbre figure de la poésie américaine apporte une dimension romantique à la scène. On ressent la magie d’un instant suspendu, rempli de promesses et de souvenirs fugaces, comme un hommage à la beauté des rencontres éphémères.

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