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A Folksong: Alouette, gentille alouette

09 Friday Mar 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Folksongs

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Alouettes, Beak, Lark, Neck, Steffan Johnson, Theodore C. Blegen, Université de Moncton, voyageurs

  

edge sparrow & robin by Steffan Johnson*

A Folksong:  Alouette (Lark)

This song is an enumerative song.  In each stanza, a body part is added.
Here, a lark (une alouette) loses first its head, then its eyes, its beak, its back, its neck .
 
12 Alouette (please click on the title to hear the music)
 
CHORUS
Alouette, gentille alouette,              Lark, gentle lark,
Alouette, je t’y plumerai. (2)           I’ll take your feathers off.
 
1. Je t’y plumerai la tête. (4)          I’ll take the feathers off your head
Et la tête, et la tête.                       And your head, and your head.
Alouette, alouette, oh! 
CHORUS
 
2. Je t’y plumerai les yeux. (4)        I’ll take the feathers off your eyes
Et les yeux, et les yeux,                 And your eyes, and your eyes
Et la tête, et la tête.
Alouette, alouette, oh!
 
3. Je t’y plumerai le bec. (4)           I’ll take the feathers off your beak
Et le bec, et le bec,                        And your beak, and your beak
Et les yeux, et les yeux, (2)
Et la tête, et la tête. (2)
 
4. Je t’y plumerai le dos. (4)           I’ll take the feathers off you back
Et le dos, et le dos,                        And your back, and your back
Et le bec, et le bec, (2)                   beak, eyes, head 
Et les yeux, et les yeux, (2)
Et la tête, et la tête. (2)
 
5. Je t’y plumerai le cou. (4)           I’ll take the feathers off your neck
Et le cou, et le cou,                        And your neck, and your neck
Et le dos, et le dos, (2)                   back, beak, eyes, head
Et le bec, et le bec, (2) 
Et les yeux, et les yeux, (2)          
Et la tête, et la tête. (2)
 
_________________________
Theodore C. Blegen, Songs of the Voyageurs (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1998[1966]), p. 46.
*http://steffspainting.blogspot.com/
 

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9 March 2012
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