Lyrics - French
(Folk song)
Refrain
Fais dodo, Colas mon p’tit frère
Fais dodo, t’auras du lolo
1. Maman est en haut
Qui fait du gâteau
Papa est en bas
Qui fait du chocolat Refrain
2. Ta sœur est en haut
Qui fait des chapeaux
Ton frère est en bas
Qui fait des nougats Refrain
3. Les gentils oiseaux,
Ont des chants nouveaux,
Pour le p’tit frérot
Qui fait bien dodo Refrain
English Translation - Go to sleep, Colas, my little brother
Refrain
Go to sleep, Colas, my little brother
Go to sleep, tomorrow you’ll have milk
1.Mama is upstairs
Making a cake
Papa is downstairs
Making chocolate Refrain
(source)
2. Your sister is upstairs
Who makes hats
Your brother is downstairs
Who makes nougats Refrain
3. The sweet little birds
Have a new tune
For the little brother
Who sleeps so well Refrain (source)
Recorder Notes G, A, B, C, D’
See also
- Language: French
- Subject: family
- Form: ABA
- Harmony: I, V / Orff
- Melody: do, re, mi / G,A,B / G,A,B,C,D’ / D,E,F#,G,A
- Meter: 3
- Scale: pentachord
- Tones: drmfs
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The translation of the second verse is way off:
Your sister is upstairs
Making hats
Your brother is downstairs
Making nougats
No angles, no castles, nothing even close…..I kinda get how the first two lines could get twisted (soeurs/sisters/nuns/angels, chapeaux vs chateaux), but not sure how the second ended up that way.
Thank you!