Serge GAINSBOURG - Autograph manuscript - Hey Man Amen

Serge Gainsbourg (1928.1991)

Autograph manuscript

One page in-4° slnd (1988)

Magnificent working document by the artist, preparatory to his concert at the Zénith in Paris in 1988, mixing personal notes with some research into typically Gainsbourian rhymes.

One hundred and two in sandals

See Michelin around Paris

Jacques like Marianne for caviar

***Hey man amen

Bow tie – paf knot

Straight flash

Shave yourself she don't like men

At the bottom of the page, SG traces a musical scope, titled “ Shave yourself ”

It is worth noting this title Hey man amen, here underlined and marked with three stars by Gainsbourg who will perform this unpublished song at the Zénith in 1988.

Composed for his son Lulu, the song evokes his imminent death (" When I'm cold / I'll leave my little Luli / Medlars and my downcasts / It's up to you to sort yourself out / Poor Lulu / You lost me / You worry, I'm going to leave the paradise").