Frappe, frappe, petite main
Clap, Clap, Little Hand
Comptine
(French)
Nursery Rhyme
(English)
Frappe, frappe, petite main
Tourne, tourne, joli moulin
Petite main a bien frappé
Joli moulin a bien tourné
Bravo, bravo, bravo !
Clap, clap, little hand,
Spin, spin, pretty mill,
Little hand clapped nicely,
Pretty mill has spun nicely,
Bravo, bravo, bravo!
Game Instructions
Baby claps hands
Baby rolls his hands*
Baby claps his hands
Baby rolls his hands
Baby claps his hands.
*Baby rolls his hands around each other - The rolling movement you make with your hands to imitate any rolling thing, a boulder rolling down a mountain, the spin of a car wheel, etc.
Comments
Monique wrote me, "I considered translating the last line as 'clap, clap, clap'. In French 'faire bravo' is to clap one's hands, and in fact, we seldom say 'bravo' without clapping our hands."
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Monique Palomares for contributing this baby hand play game. Translated by Monique and Lisa.
Many thanks to Tiphaine Woerth for recording this song for Mama Lisa's World.
Merci beaucoup!
