Artist: Polin
Author: Henri Christiné/Vincent Scotto
Label: cylinder recording
Year: 1906
Alias Pier Paul Marsalès. Louis Leplée who discovered Piaf was his nephew. Tonkin is a North Vietnamese harbor, then under French rule. Same melody served an older title: El Navigatore written by Georges Villard.
Covers:
Anna Held [as It's Delightful To Be Married; her own words]
Fragson [English version as Chin-Chin]
Esther Lekain [female version]
Louise Rainer [as It's Delightful To Be Married in film The Great Ziegfeld]
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