title: Rue Traversi&egrave;re (The French List)
author: Yves Bonnefoy
description: <DIV>&ldquo;Four decades ago, the French poet Bonnefoy, wrote two poems about Rue Traversi&egrave;re. Now, these evocative works about &lsquo;a certain cross-street whose name was Cross Street&rsquo; have emerged in a lush and limpid English-language rendering by Beverley Bie Brahic.&rdquo;</DIV> (Robert Neuwirth <i>Grand Hotel Abyss</i>)
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Couverture](xhtml/00_Cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Titre](xhtml/03_Title.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Copyright](xhtml/04_Copyright.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Introduction](xhtml/05_Introduction.xhtml#int-01)
  
  
  * [Y a d'la joie, Maurice Chevalier](xhtml/06_Chapter01.xhtml#ch-01)
  
  
  * [L'Accordeoniste, Édith Piaf](xhtml/07_Chapter02.xhtml#ch-02)
  
  
  * [Douce France, Charles Trenet](xhtml/08_Chapter03.xhtml#ch-03)
  
  
  * [La Vie en rose, Édith Piaf](xhtml/09_Chapter04.xhtml#ch-04)
  
  
  * [Les Feuilles mortes, Yves Montand](xhtml/10_Chapter05.xhtml#ch-05)
  
  
  * [Le P'tit Bonheur, Felix Leclerc](xhtml/11_Chapter06.xhtml#ch-06)
  
  
  * [Le Gorille, Georges Brassens](xhtml/12_Chapter07.xhtml#ch-07)
  
  
  * [Le Deserteur, Boris Vian](xhtml/13_Chapter08.xhtml#ch-08)
  
  
  * [Quand les hommes vivront d'amour, Felix Leclerc, Gilles Vigneault et Robert Charlebois](xhtml/14_Chapter09.xhtml#ch-09)
  
  
  * [Bambino, Dalida](xhtml/15_Chapter10.xhtml#ch-10)
  
  
  * [La Ballade irlandaise, Bourvil](xhtml/16_Chapter11.xhtml#ch-11)
  
  
  * [Milord, Édith Pi