
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
- 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
or purchase here (printables only)
- Song with chords, English version, Lesson ideas for Melody (Major scale, Major triad, Recorder Notes E,G,C’ (ostinato), Low & high do) (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song

