Brave Margot

{{Short description|1953 song by Georges Brassens}}

"Brave Margot" is a 1953 song by Georges Brassens, about a young woman who breastfeeds a young kitten. It is one of his best known and most controversial songs.

Lyrics

The lyrics describe a young, well-meaning but naïve shepherdess, Margot, who finds a lost kitten and adopts it. When the little cat is hungry, she gives it her breast. This attracts a lot of male onlookers and brings all life in the village to a standstill. The women of the village get jealous and therefore take the kitten to put it down. Margot is sad, but gets a husband and never shows her breasts to anyone else again.{{Cite web|url=http://www.georges-brassens.com/|title=Untitled Page|website=Georges-brassens.com|access-date=30 April 2021}}

Cover versions

The song has been covered by Patachou{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jt0LDAAAQBAJ&dq=brave+margot+patachou&pg=PT78 |title = Dictionnaire amoureux de la chanson française|isbn = 9782259250900|date = 2016-05-04|last1 = Dicale|first1 = Bertrand| publisher=Place des éditeurs }} in the 1953 film Women of Paris. Renaud covered it too on his 1996 album Renaud chante Brassens.

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