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Who can translate these songs from Pousson Rouge into singable English for me and DS?

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LadyMidnightMT · 29/09/2009 21:17

French to English. My pigeon transations don;t scan too well!

Dans la maison un grand cerf www.poissonrouge.com/books/grandcerf.htm

Une souris vertewww.poissonrouge.com/books/sourisverte.html

Petit Escargot
www.poissonrouge.com/books/petitescargot.htm

ta

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MIFLAW · 30/09/2009 11:58

I'll have a go later.

Quite a big ask though - I'm hoping you're not in a rush?

MrsBadger · 30/09/2009 12:02

is there music? am at work so cannot hear it but will need it to make Eng words scan

iheartdusty · 30/09/2009 12:10

I love those, DS found them the other day. Presumably they are nursery rhymes, so a bit weird in the way that nursery rhymes often are!

OK, my stab at the first one as a direct translation:

In his house, a big stag was looking out of the window. A rabbit came along and knocked at the door. "Stag, stag, let me in, or the huntsman will kill me!" "come in rabbit, and shake my hand"

Scanning:
One big deer was in his house
sitting quietly as a mouse
when a rabbit gave a shout
and he popped his antlers out;

"Stag, stag, let me in! Or the dinner pot I'll land in!"

"come in rabbit, come in please, and shake my hand".

LadyMidnightMT · 30/09/2009 16:58

lol

fab!

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LuluSkipToMyLou · 30/09/2009 17:03

Sounds a bit like a version of this:

In a cottage in a wood
Little old man by the window stood
Saw a rabbit running by
Frightened as can be

Help Me! Help me sir! he said
Or the huntsman will shoot me dead
Come little rabbit, come inside
Happy we will be.

There are actions as well - I remember it from way too many years ago...

iheartdusty · 30/09/2009 20:27

lulu that sounds exactly right. I've never heard that before - where did you grow up?

madlentileater · 30/09/2009 20:33

a little green mouse was running through the grass
I caught it by the tail
I showed it to these gentlemen
who said
soak it in oil
soak it in water
It will make a nice warm snail!

bonkers!

haventsleptforayear · 30/09/2009 20:34

DS sings all of those at school but I don't bother trying to translate them

Why do you want to sing them in English anyway - why not just translate what they mean and sing them in French?

I insist on singing the English version if there is one (DSs bilingual) like for Incy Wincy Spider but can't see the point of singing French songs in English iyswim?

haventsleptforayear · 30/09/2009 20:35

Snail one starts "little snail, carrying his little house on his back.

will do more tomorrow if noone else offers

LadyFoof · 30/09/2009 20:38

Iheartdusty, in Essex (have namechanged BTW). I'm over 40, and I think it's just an old-fashioned song, a bit like 'Run Rabbit' - after all, we don't really talk about huntsman and shooting fluffy bunnies these days do we!

madlentileater · 30/09/2009 20:39

Little snail
wears his house
on his back
as soon as it rains
he's so happy
and pops out his head

LauraIngallsWilder · 30/09/2009 20:39

I know the one lulu posted, in a cottage in a wood.........

I agree with haventslept I would sing the french versions!

Here we have tuneless renditions of dime dime dime....... which could be a Ikea song all about Dime bars but isnt

LadyFoof · 30/09/2009 20:41

Snail one continued:

As soon as it rains
He is delighted
And pops out his head

MmeLindt · 30/09/2009 20:45

I know the huntsman one, I think we used to sing it at campfires in the cub scouts. I seem to remember doing actions to it.

Monkeytrews · 30/09/2009 20:47

ah, you see I had

One green mouse
running though the grass
I caught it by its tail
I showed it to the men
The men told me to
dip it in some oil
dip it in water
turn it into a snail
nice and warm

!

LOL

DS was not impressed!

LadyFoof · 30/09/2009 20:47

Oh, you're right, I might have learned it at brownies!

MmeLindt · 30/09/2009 20:49

here

I love the fact that the guys are singing away while the women just carry on blethering.

LadyFoof · 30/09/2009 21:05

Ahhhh, thanks! I love that song almost as much as that Morning Town one by The Seekers - happy childhood memories!

Monkeytrews · 30/09/2009 21:06

Oh we do song them in English, just want to tell DS what they are in French too - like Frère Jacques

Monkeytrews · 30/09/2009 21:07

I mean we do sing them in French doh

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