Lyrics - French
(Canadian folk song)
Le forgeron rebat le fer,
Il bat lefer, il bat le fer.
English Translation – The blacksmith
The blacksmith rebuilds the iron,
He beats iron, he beats iron.
See also
- Country / Language: Canada / French
- Subject: blacksmiths
- Harmony: canons / Orff arrangements / one chord
- Melody: tonic triad / low and high do / E,G,C’ / descending major scale
- Meter: 2
- Scale: major
- Source: Chansons de Québec / Folk Songs of Quebec, Edith Fulton Fowke & Richard Johnston, Waterloo Music Co, 1957
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