Passatz pel pont
Passatz pel pont
Pass By The Bridge
Singing Game
Singing Game
(Occitan)
(English)
Passatz pel pont,
Los carrilhons
Las pòrtas son dubertas,
Passatz pel pont,
Los carrilhons,
Las pòrtas son barradas
A clau.
Pass by the bridge,
Little carts,
The doors are open,
Pass by the bridge,
Little carts
The doors are closed
And locked.
Game Instructions
A leader is chosen. Two children join hands to form an arch and sing the song, while the other children pass under the arch in a line. On "clau", the two children forming the arch bring their arms down on the child passing under the arch. The leader secretly asks him/her a question ("Where do you want to go? Bordeaux or Marseilles?" "Will you cross the bridge or jump over the brook?"). The child must secretly answer and according to his/her answer, lines up behind one of the two parts of the arch. When all the children have been caught there is a tug of war to decide which side is the strongest.
"The rhythm of the mp3 recording is slightly different from the normal tune, but it's the way I learned it as a child." -Monique
Many thanks to Monique Palomares for the recording!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Monique Palomares for contributing and translating this rhyme.
Mercé plan!
