Serge Gainsbourg corrects and signs the lyrics of his song "Joanna". 1986.
"Joanna is as big as an elephant / She's the biggest in all of New Orleans"
1.500€
"Joanna is as big as an elephant / She's the biggest in all of New Orleans"
1.500€
Serge Gainsbourg (1928.1991)
Autographed notes signed.
One page in quarto
No place or date [Paris. 1986]
"Joanna, Joanna, you know how to dance so lightly."
In preparation for his anthology published by Denoël, Mon propre rôle , Serge Gainsbourg corrects, validates and signs with his initials the text of his song Joanna published in 1964.
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Joanna is as big as an elephant
It's the biggest in all of New Orleans
And yet
Joanna Joanna you know how to dance light and light
Joanna is definitely from Louisiana
When she goes on a diet, it's a banana diet
And yet
Joanna Joanna you know how to dance light and light
She dances so lightly, so lightly
She jumps lightly, lightly
She turns lightly, lightly
She's taking it easy
Joanna has a weakness for stools
She consumes two or three in the evening
And yet
Joanna, Joanna, you know how to dance
Lightweight
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The French adaptation of "Kiyakiya (Why do you run away?)" by Babatunde Olatunji, the song Joanna appears on the 33 rpm album Gainsbourg Percussions released in 1964.
Bibliography: My Own Role (Volume I, 1987, page 129)