Le_Temps_des_cerises
Le Temps des cerises (French: [lə tɑ̃ de səʁiz], The Time of Cherries) is a song written in France in 1866, with words by Jean-Baptiste Clément and music by Antoine Renard, extremely famous in French-speaking countries. The song was later strongly associated with the Paris Commune, during which verses were added to the song, thus becoming a revolutionary song. The "Time of Cherries" is a metaphor regarding what life will be like when a revolution will have changed social and economic conditions. It is believed to be dedicated by the writer to a nurse who fought in the semaine sanglante ("Bloody Week") when French government troops overthrew the commune.[1]
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For its hourly chime, the clock of the town hall in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis alternates between two different tunes, "Le roi Dagobert a mis sa culotte à l'envers" and "Le temps des cerises".[2]
This song inspired the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia to adopt two cherries as part of their logo[3] and the French Communist Party to adopt a new logo in 2018. It was also symbol of The Left, political party in Luxembourg.[4][5]