C'est à bâbord
This is a chanting game for two groups of people. Sometimes it's chanted as a bus song. Here's how it's played...
Split the children up into two groups - one group is "Portside" and the other group is "Starboard". Portside begins singing their part. Starboard then sings their part louder... it goes back and forth ad infinitum.
C'est à bâbord
It's on The Portside
Chanson de bus
Bus Song
(French)
(English)
Groupe 1 (Bâbord):
C'est à bâbord qu'on chante, qu'on chante,
C'est à bâbord qu'on chante le plus fort.
Groupe 2 (Tribord):
C'est à tribord qu'on chante, qu'on chante,
C'est à tribord qu'on chante le plus fort.
Group 1 (Portside):
It's on the portside that we sing, that we sing,
It's on the portside that we sing the loudest!
Group 2 (Starboard):
It's on the starboard side that we sing, that we sing,
It's on the starboard side that we sing the loudest!
Notes
This song is sung to the tune to "Un éléphant, ça trompe, ça trompe".
The lyrics are most often sung as "C'est à bâbord qu'on gueule, qu'on gueule…". "Gueuler" is slang for to shout.
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