The light of a full moon shimmered on the plain, and from time to time they saw a rabbit jump, but Pereda paid no attention, and after a long spell of silence he softly began to sing a song in French that his late wife had liked.

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Opening with "Pluto, " an ode to the "overthrown" planet (and closing with "Pluton, " a French re-imagining of the song), the record makes its cheekiness immediately apparent.

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Griffin (3-2) serenaded his teammates in the visiting clubhouse with guitar and song in English, Spanish and French before preparing for his sixth start of the season.

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Charles Dumont was barely into his twenties when he composed the song that would make his fortune and enter the French musical canon.

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When thinking of a romantic song, most think of something in Spanish (34%), followed by French (29%), English (17%) and then Italian (9%).

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