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Acadia was a colony of New France in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day Maine. (source)
Lyrics - French
(Canadian folk song, Nova Scotia)
Dors, dors, le petit bibi,
C’est le beau p’tit bibi á maman.
Dors, dors, dors, dors, dors, dors le bibi á maman.
Demain s’y fait beau j’irons au grandpére;
Dors, dors le p’tit bibi.
Dors, dors, dors, dors, dors, dors le bibi á maman.
English Translation
Sleep, sleep, little baby,
It’s mother’s beautiful little baby.
Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep mom’s little baby.
Tomorrow it’s nice; I’ll go to grandfather.
Sleep, sleep, little baby,
Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep mom’s little baby.
See also
- Country / Language: Canadia /Â French
- Subject: lullabies
- Harmony: countermelodies / Orff arrangements / chords I IV V
- Melody: pentatonic / D,E,F#,G,A,B / E,G,B,C’ / C,D,E,G,A,C’
- Rhythm: half notes
- info about the song
YouTube
or purchase here (printables only)
- Song with chords, English version, Student Copies for Recorder Duet (notes E,G,B,C’), Orff Arrangement (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
2 thoughts on “Acadian Lullaby”
I like it 🙂 I’m a music teacher in Shediac, New-Brunswick, on the acadian coast!!!
That’s awesome!