La complainte de la butte

[tucho58]

why is this beautiful french song title such? It really does not match the lyrics...

[Pigletion]

http://boards.rufuswainwright.com/showflat.php ?Cat=&Number=58694&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=6& o=&fpart=1

This might help. I think its a lament of the hillside (butte). If you read the English translation, it kind of makes sense. I think the Windmill may be on a hill

[jno]

presumably the butte de Montmartre, the hill of Montmartre in Paris? It still has one or two windmills left, I believe.