Picard
English
To the School (Nursery Rhyme) MP3
Ditty MP3
Rooster's Cry (Nursery Rhyme) MP3
Sleep, My Little One (Lullaby) MP3
The Fingers (Finger Play) MP3
Little Thumb Goes A-hunting (Finger Play) MP3
A Name (Nursery Rhyme) MP3
KEY TO SYMBOLS
- MP3 - this song has an MP3 recording
About the Picard Language
Picard is the language traditionally spoken in Northern France, in the Picardy and Nord-Pas de Calais regions, and also in the Belgian province of Hainaut.
In the Nord-Pas de Calais area, Picard is often improperly called Chtimi (or Chti). It's a language of Oïl, as are standard French, Normand and Champenois.
Map Credit: Raymond Dubois, Joëlle Désiré and Jean-Luc Vigneux from Ch'Lanchron, who was nice enough to allow us to use the map from his site.
Here are some of Mama Lisa's recent posts about the music, culture and traditions of Picardy:
We’d love it if you’d join the Mama Lisa Facebook Group. You can post anything you’d like about your culture. You can post your own musical recordings or YouTube videos… Links to culture and musical sites… Photos of your country… Questions about songs or cultural issues… Anything related to World Culture and... Read more »
In addition to this blog, I also host Mama Lisa’s World. Mama Lisa’s World is a large collection of children’s songs and rhymes from countries all around the globe. Matt, a music teacher from Rhode Island, wrote a question to me, the other day, about Mama Lisa’s World: Hey Mama, I love the concept of your site.... Read more »- A significant part of the Mama Lisa sites is a large collection of songs and nursery rhymes from around the world. We currently have about 750 songs from around 90 countries and cultures. When you consider how many languages there are in those cultures – that’s a lot of information! In order to make... Read more »
RELATED LINKS
Ch'Lanchron: Picardy Dialect on the Internet
(In English, French and Picard)
Information about the Picardy dialect and its forms of expression.
