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'Mon Pays' |
 | | The opening phrase - 'Mon pays, ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver' ('My country is not a country, it's winter') - provides a good illustration of the metaphoric character of the song, in which Vigneault speaks above all of winds, cold, snow, and ice. |
 | | Vigneault composed a sequel, 'Mon Pays II,' originally published by the same firm (again in a harmonization and arrangement by Rochon), but later also by Sibecar (Paris 1969) for France, Switzerland, and the Benelux countries. |
 | | The lyrics of 'Mon Pays II' at first reduce the country to very small dimensions and then go on to identify it with a town, a province, and finally a planet 'which on a window sill is spun around by a child's finger.' |
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