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“Alouette” is a popular French Canadian children’s song originating in France about plucking the feathers from a lark, in retribution for being woken up by its song. (source)
Lyrics - French
(Canadian folk song)
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette, je te plumerai
Je te plumerai la tête (echo)
Et la tête (echo)
Alouette (echo)
O-o-o-oh
…..Je te plumerai le bec (echo)
Et le bec (echo)
Et la tête (echo)
Alouette (echo)
O-o-o-oh
Et le cou
Et le dos
Et les ailes
Et les pattes
Et la queue
English Translation - Lark
Lark, gentle lark
Lark, I shall pluck you
I shall pluck your head (echo)
And your head (echo)
Lark (echo)
O-o-o-oh
…I shall pluck your beak (echo)
And your beak,
And your head,
Lark,
And your beak,
And your head,
Lark,
O-o-o-oh
And your neck
And your back
And your wings
And your feet
And your tail
See also
- Country / Language: Canada / French
- Subjects: silly / birds
- Form: call & response / cumulative
- Harmony: Orff arrangements / chords I V
- Melody: descending major pentascale
- Meter: 4
- Scale: major
- Tempo: fast & slow
- Similar tune: Down by the Station / Little Bunny Foo Foo
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- Printable & Digital Visuals
- Song with chords, Orff arrangement (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
