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House of Cards : Frank Underwood chante un air de Camelot
Dans le premier épisode de la saison 5 d’House of Cards, Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) regarde ses sujets du haut de son château de Washington en fredonnant un air qui montre ses aspirations de monarque :
‘I know what my people are thinking tonight… I wonder what the king is doing tonight?’
Il s’agit d’une chanson chantée par le Roi Arthur à l’ouverture de la comédie musicale Camelot (créée à Broadway en 1960), et que le Président Kennedy aimait écouter avant de s’endormir…
Voici la version originale interprétée par Richard Burton (vous trouverez les paroles sous la vidéo).
I know what my people are thinking tonight,
As home through the shadows they wander.
Ev’ryone smiling in secret delight,
They stare at the castle and ponder.
Whenever the wind blows this way,
You can almost hear ev’ryone say:I wonder what the king is doing tonight?
What merriment is the king pursuing tonight?
The candles at the court, they never burned as bright.
I wonder what the king is up to tonight?
How goes the final hour
As he sees the bridal bower
Being regally and legally prepared?
Well, I’ll tell you what the king is doing tonight:
He’s scared! He’s scared!You mean that a king who fought a dragon,
Whacked him in two and fixed his wagon,
Goes to be wed in terror and distress?
Yes!A warrior who’s so calm in battle
Even his armor doesn’t rattle
Faces a woman petrified with fright?
Right!You mean that appalling clamoring
That sounds like a blacksmith hammering
Is merely the banging of his royal knees?
Please!You wonder what the king is wishing tonight?
He’s wishing he were in Scotland fishing tonight!
What occupies his time while waiting for the bride?
He’s searching high and low for some place to hide.
And oh, the expectation,
The sublime anticipation
He must feel about the wedding night to come.
Well, I’ll tell you what the king is feeling tonight:
He’s numb!
He shakes!
He quails! He quakes!
And that’s what the king is doing tonight
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