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Lanterne Verte

from Holy Drinker by Robert Sunday

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3.I've taken some licence here. Although Andreas does visit a Montmartre brothel (after being reminded of his desires by the sales girl he buys a secondhand wallet from), it's not named in either the book or the film. I just liked the name La Lanterne Verte, an actual Parisian brothel in the Goutte d'Or district. It had no rooms, but was one large hall, where patrons would get it on in full view of each other.
The abattoirs or 'maisons d'abattages' were cheap brothels where customers took numbered tickets and lined up for their turn.

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He bought a porte-feuille, was secondhand and coarse and old
The salesgirl had raven curls and band of gold
A kindness in her eyes for one brought down so low
Woke in him the dormant feelings long disowned
Her shapely body shone illuminating light
On memories of all the girls he'd known

Oh the choice for men with money and a lonely heart
From high end fancy houses to the abattoirs
From a bed of roses to a floor of stone
From Pigalle he climbed the hill up to the Sacre-Coeur
Down a narrow lane and up a flight of stairs
And through the door into the Lanterne Verte

There forlorn within the shadows and the gloom
The belles-des-jours wait for another chance to bloom
Sat around a table in the fading light
He bought a round, they drank to Paris and to gold
Then a woman took him to her lonely room
To rouse the deadened feelings in his soul

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from Holy Drinker, released September 4, 2020

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Robert Sunday London, UK

Robert Sunday is a solo acoustic singer-songwriter who combines elements of traditional folk,americana,poetry,and cinematic allusions.He played his first gig at Cecil Sharp House in March 2011 on the release of his debut EP 'Butterfly Hairslide' on the Rif Mountain label.Since then he has played regularly in London.This summer saw the release of his long awaited second EP 'Kith And Kin'. ... more

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