(Les feuille mortes)
A popular song from 1947
French lyric by Jacques Prevert
English lyric by Johnny Mercer
Music by Joseph Kosma
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands I used to hold
Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall