Edith Giovanna Gassion.
[Edith Piaf]
1915-1963.
b.Belleville, Paris.
Abandoned at a very early age,
certainly not to a gilded cage,
her maternal granny takes good care,
Edith still a baby, unaware.
Her fathers mother her next home,
a brothel his mother ran alone,
ladies of the night taking pity,
Edith tiny and rather pretty.
At just fourteen she left this abode,
joining her father on the road,
travelling and singing all over France,
eventually parting, she took her chance.
Place Pigalle she sings out loud,
always attracting an admiring crowd,
a nightclub owner heard her voice,
he rather liked her charm and poise,
He gave her work at his club 'Le Gerny',
thus encouraging this amazing journey,
The Little Sparrow rose to fame,
getting French, and the Worlds acclaim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2s2tPORlW4
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