“I dreamed my life with my eyes wide open, waking up when winter came (…) Do me the pleasure of starting without me, and let me sleep… It’s what I was made for.” Francis BLANCHE Poet and actor, comedian and prankster, Francis Blanche also wrote hundreds of songs in which he wrestled puns with humour and catchwords with indefatigable verve. In this anthology Jean Buzelin and Marc Monneraye have extracted the essence from the song‑writing of this genius-of-all-trades. Patrick FReMEAUX