Lyrics - French
(French folk song)
Au clair de la lune mon ami Pierrot
prète moi ta plume pour écrire un mot,
ma chan-delle est morte jen’ai plus de feu,
ouvre moi ta porte pour l’amour de dieu.
English Lyrics - In the moonlight
In the moonlight my friend Pierrot
Lend me your pen to write a word,
My candle is dead I have no more fire,
Open your door to me, for God’s sake.
Singable English Lyrics
At your door I’m knocking, by the pale moonlight,
Lend a pen, I beg you, I’ve a word to write.
Out has gone my candle, my fire burns no more,
For the love of heaven, open up the door!
Recorder Notes G,A,B
See also
- Country: France
- Form: AABA
- Harmony: I, IV, V / Orff / ostinati / arrangements
- Melody: do re mi / D,E,F#,G,A,B / G,A,B / B,D’
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
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- Scale: trichord (Section A) / hexatonic
- Tones: drm (Section A) / s,l,t,drm
- Source: 140 Folk-songs with Piano Accompaniment “rote Songs” for Grades I, II and III, Archibald Thompson Davison, Thomas Whitney Surette, 1921
- Same tune: C’est la jolie fête, la fête des Rois
- Kodaly-based interactive curriculum with this song
YouTube
or purchase here (printables only)
- PDF of song with chords + Lesson ideas + Orff arrangement
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
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