Mxsmanic wrote:
It was. The original music and French lyrics were written by Claude
François, Jacques Revaux, and Gilles Thibault.

The American lyrics were written in a single evening by Paul Anka,
specifically for Frank Sinatra. I think the American lyrics are
vastly better than the French lyrics (which are very depressing).
Certainly the Frank Sinatra version is much more popular than the
original, outside of France.

Congrats Mxs!... You have finally identified a subject area in which
you are obviously quite well versed. Unfortunately, it is in the wrong
forum : (