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Mon amant de Saint-Jean is a Chanson réaliste written by Léon Agel, composed by Émile Carrara, and performed by Lucienne Delyle in 1942. The song follows the story of a short-lived love of a young girl for a man she meets at a ball. The song follows a Waltz musette rhythm.

History
The first version of the song was written in 1937 and was originally titled Les Barbeaux de Saint-Jean ; it subsequently became Mon costaud de Saint-Jean, sung by Jane Chacun. But it didn't catch on with the public, probably because the lyrics were considered too folklike. In 1942, Léon Agel rewrote the song under its current title and Carrara dedicated it to his fiancée Suzanne (later his wife) to mark their promise of marriage made at La Bonne Idée, an inn located in the village of Saint-Jean-aux-Bois, in the Forest of Compiègne.

Reprisals
This song was sung by Lucienne Delyle, of which it was her first great success, the song was later reprised by a number of singers.

In 1980, François Truffaut used the song in the film Le Dernier Métro, and Claude Miller did similarly in La Petite Voleuse. It is also used in the end credits of the film La reine blanche by Jean-Loup Hubert, and in the film Two Days In Paris by Julie Delpy.

Other Reprisals
• Les VRP

• Fréhel (introuvable ou inaccessible)

• Bourvil

• Ginette Garcin

• Françoise Kucheida

• Georgette Plana

• Jean-Michel Moal

• Mouloudji et Marcel Azzola (album ... et ça tournait ! : version à la troisième personne)

• 1998 : Tue Loup (album La Bancale)

• André Rieu (album Les Mélodies de mon cœur)

• 2001 : Les Boukakes (album Makach mouch'kil)

• 2001 : Les Croquants (album Ça sent la bière)

• 2001 : Bevinda & les XII Alfonso Je vous écrivais (album Claude Monet vol.1 1883 – 1889)

• 2002 : Patrick Bruel (Entre deux : les paroles sont mises à la troisième personne.)

• 2002 : Les Castafiores (album Punkitchatcha)

• 2002 : Daniel Colin (album Passion gitane)

• 2002 : Les Troubadours du désordre (album Charivari)

• 2003 : Viktor Lazlo (album Loin de Paname)

• 2004 : Système D (album Rencontres)

• 2004 : Star Academy 4

• 2005 : Brelan d'as : Jo Privat, Gus Viseur & Médard Ferrero (album Les As du musette)

• 2006 : Nouvelle Star

• 2007 : Alain Barrière (album Chansons françaises)

• 2009 : Zaz (tournée en Russie)

• 2013 : Les Stentors (album Une histoire de France : version à la troisième personne)

• 2013 : Doulce mémoire (album Chansonettes frisquettes, joliettes & godinettes)

• 2020 : Oleg Pogudin (album "Je chante")