The name of the song is Alouette. Below you will find the French and
English lyrics of this song. You may also listen to the melody and the
song itself at the following links.
Alouette
French; written by: unknown; copyright unknown
?Alouette, gentille Alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerai,
Je te plumerai la tete,
Je te plumerai la tete,
Et la tete,
Et la tete,
Alouette, alouette,
Ooooh, --
Alouette, gentille Alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerai,
Je te plumerai le bec,
Je te plumerai le bec,
Et le bec,
Et le bec,
Et la tete,
Et la tete,
Alouette, alouette,
Ooooh, --
Alouette, gentille Alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerai,
Je te plumerai les yeux,
Je te plumerai les yeux,
Et les yeux,
Et les yeux,
Et le bec,
Et le bec,
Et la tete,
Et la tete,
Alouette, alouette,
Ooooh, --
Alouette, gentille Alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerai,
Je te plumerai le nez,
Je te plumerai le nez,
Et le nez,
Et le nez,
Et les yeux,
Et les yeux,
Et le bec,
Et le bec,
Et la tete,
Et la tete,
Alouette, alouette,
Ooooh, --
Alouette, gentille Alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerai,
Je t'y plumerai le dos
Je t'y plumerai le dos
Et le dos,
Et le dos
Et le nez,
Et le nez,
Et les yeux,
Et les yeux,
Et le bec,
Et le bec,
Et la tete,
Et la tete,
Alouette, alouette,
Ooooh, --
Alouette, gentille Alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerai,
Je t'y plumerai le cou
Je t'y plumerai le cou
Et la cou, Et la cou
Et la cou, Et la cou
Et le dos,
Et le dos
Et le nez,
Et le nez,
Et les yeux,
Et les yeux,
Et le bec,
Et le bec,
Et la tete,
Et la tete,
Alouette, alouette,
Ooooh, --
Alouette, alouette
Oh Alouette, gentille alouette
Oh Alouette, gentille alouette
Alouette, je t'y plumerai
Alouette, je t'y plumerai?
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English Translation
?Alouette means "Lark", so you will find it is much harder to sing
this song in English since "lark" has only one syllable, while
Alouette has four. The song is actually about "plucking" the feathers
(plumage) from a lark, presumably in preparation for cooking. A lark
is considered to be a small "game bird" (a game bird is a bird
considered to be suitable for food, like the coot, dove, grouse, hazel
hen, mud hen, partridge, pigeon, plover, quail, rail, snipe, thrush,
and woodcock).?
?Lark, nice Lark (or Lark, lovely Lark)
Lark, I am going to pluck you
I am going to pluck your head,
I am going to pluck your head,
And the head, and the head,
O-o-o-o-oh
All the verses are the same except the part of the body.
The usual ones are
La tęte - the head
Le nez - the nose
Les yeux - the eyes
Le cou - the neck
Les ailes - the wings
Le dos - the back
Les pattes - the legs
Le queue - the tail »
Source:
National Institutes of Health,
Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/alouette.htm#english
Listen to the song here.
http://www.content.loudeye.com/scripts/hurl.exe?~fff-600111/0251206_0101_00_0002.ra
Melody
http://ingeb.org/songs/alouette.mid
This song is performed on the CD set ?Ultimate Kids Song Collection:
101 Favorite Sing-A-Longs?.
You may purchase this CD at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004RJQ9/ref=ase_literacyvolun-20/102-0052097-1036961?v=glance&s=music
Search criteria:
I recognized the song as I learned it as a child growing up in Montreal.
To locate the lyrics I performed the following search:
Alouette gentil OR gentille Alouette
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alouette+gentil+OR+gentille+Alouette
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Bobbie7 |