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Can Anyone Help with a Scary French Lullaby?

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Etiennette was looking for help with a French lullaby:

I was wondering if anyone knew the complete lyrics to a lullaby my mother would sing to me and then to my children. I only remember a few, it’s a bit scary. Maybe that’s why I don’t remember too much. Here it goes…

Entendez-vous dans la pleine,
Un bruit venent jusqu’a nous
On dirait un bruit de chenes, (blank, blank)
C’est le lustucru qui passe (dah dah dah)
Allez-vous-en méchant homme – - – -
car ils font un petit songes,
Non vous n’aurai pas mes deux petit gars,
Lo-la lo-la tirala lo la.

Etiennette Tosches

If anyone can help, please comment below.

Thanks!

Mama Lisa

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Can Anyone Help with Information about a French or Belgian Lullaby?

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Liliane from Belgium is looking for the origins of a lullaby that her mom used to sing to her. She’s curious about the country, area it’s from and the possible author, if any. The name of the lullaby is Dans le chemin creux de la lande (In the Sunken Lane of the Moor). She told us that her Mom is Belgian but, since the song mentions a moor, that made her think it might be from Brittany, France.

Here’s Liliane’s request in French, followed by the lullaby in French and then in English:

Liliane recherche les origines de cette berceuse que lui chantait sa mère (pays, région et éventuels auteurs).

Dans le chemin creux de la lande

Dans le chemin creux de la lande,
Les noirs lutins, les loups-garous,
La nuit venue, en sarabande
se poursuivent comme des fous.

J’entends du bruit près de la porte
Ferme les yeux mon petit gars
Les méchants loups-garous emportent
Les enfants qui ne dorment pas.

Fais dodo, mon petit homme
Car ta maman près du berceau
Veille sur ton léger somme
Jusqu’à demain, jusqu’à demain.
Fais dodo

Here’s an English translation:

In the Sunken Lane of the Moor

In the sunken lane of the moor,
Blacks imps, werewolves,
When night has come, as in a mad noisy dance,
Pursue one another like lunatics.

I hear noise close to the door
Close your eyes my little boy
The malicious werewolves carry off
The children who do not sleep.

Go to sleep, my little man
Because your mom, close to the cradle
Watches over your light nap
Until tomorrow, until tomorrow.
Go to sleep.

If anyone knows anything about this lullaby, or if you’ve heard of it in a specific geographic region, please comment below or email me.

Thanks!

Lisa

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New Recordings of French Children’s Songs

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

We were recently fortunate enough to receive a selection of recordings of French kids songs, sung by a French music teacher, Tiphaine Woerth.

Here’s a wonderful recording Tiphaine did of Ainsi Font, followed by the lyrics and an English translation.

MP3 of Ainsi Font

Ainsi font
(French)

Ainsi font, font, font
Les petites marionnettes
Ainsi font font font
Trois petits tours
Et puis s’en vont
Elle reviendront
Les petites marionnettes
Elles reviendront
Quand les autres partiront.

They Do This Way
(English)

They do, do, do this way
The little puppets
They do, do, do this way
Three little turns
And then they go away
They will come back
The little puppets
They will come back
When the others go away.

Many thanks to Tiphaine Woerth for the recording and Monique Palomares of Mama Lisa’s World en français for the English translation.

Come visit the Mama Lisa’s World France pages to hear more of Tiphaine’s recordings.

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Would You Know a Lullaby from Trinidad with the line “Dodo petit popo”?

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Carol wrote to me:

I am from Trinidad, but live in Canada. There is a lullaby that is sung to babies that goes “dodo petit popo”. Those are the only words I remember and now that I have a grandchild, I sing only those words, but I don’t remember the rest. Would you know it, and if not where could I find the words and the music?

If anyone can help with this lullaby, please comment below.

Thanks!

Lisa

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A Lullaby from Belgium called “The White Hen” or “Une Poule Blanche”

Monday, October 17th, 2005

A couple of weeks ago I posted the French lullaby Dodo, l’enfant do. Here is a lullaby from Belgium called Une Poule Blanche. It shares part of the 1st verse (the first four lines) with the French lullaby. The English translation is first, then the French version.

Midi of Une poule blanche

A White Hen

A white hen
Is in the barn.
She made a small egg
For the child who sleeps.
Sleepy time, sleepy time, pussy-cat,
Sleepy time, sleepy time, kitty-cat.

A black hen
Is in the cupboard.
She made a small egg
For the child who sleeps.
Sleepy time, sleepy time, pussy-cat,
Sleepy time, sleepy time, kitty-cat.

Here’s the original lullaby in French from Belgium.

Une Poule Blanche

Une poule blanche
Qui est dans la grange,
Elle a fait un petit coco
Pour l’enfant qui fait dodo,
Dodo, dodo, minette,
Dodo, dodo, Mino.

Une poule noire
Qui est dans l’armoire,
Elle a fait un petit coco
Pour l’enfant qui fait dodo,
Dodo, dodo, minette,
Dodo, dodo, Mino.

Come visit the Mama Lisa’s World Belgium Page for more Belgian Children’s Songs and the France Page for French Children’s Songs with their English translations.

You can also visit Mama Lisa’s World en français for children’s songs from around the world with their French translations.

Many thanks to Monique Palomares for creating the midi!

Stay tuned because more lullabies are coming soon!

-Lisa

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A French Lullaby called “Dodo, l’enfant do” in French with an English Translation and the Midi Music

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

Marie-Thérèse wrote me looking for a French lullaby…

My maman used to sing a lullaby to me, and then to my children when they were born, that I want to remember all the words to, and sing now to my grandchildren. I wonder if you would know the lyrics? I know the first was Do Do L’enfant Do. If you know this lullaby can you email me the lyrics – it has great sentimental meaning to me – and my mère has passed and will never be able to sing to my grandbabies as she did my children. Thank you so much for any help. – Marie-Thérèse

I wrote to Monique, my partner at Mama Lisa’s World en français, asking if she was familiar with the song. Monique wrote back…

I am – my mother used to sing that to me too a loooooooooooooooong time ago (only the first four lines).

The lyrics are:

Dodo, l’enfant do

Dodo, l’enfant do,
L’enfant dormira bien vite
Dodo, l’enfant do
L’enfant dormira bientôt.

Une poule blanche
Est là dans la grange.
Qui va faire un petit coco*
Pour l’enfant qui va fair’ dodo.

Dodo, l’enfant do,
L’enfant dormira bien vite
Dodo, l’enfant do
L’enfant dormira bientôt.

Tout le monde est sage
Dans le voisinage
Il est l’heure d’aller dormir
Le sommeil va bientôt venir.

*Monique said, “…young children call an egg an ‘egg’ and not a ‘coco’ any more.”

Monique also sent me the Midi Music for Dodo l’enfant do.

I translated the lullaby into English.

Sleepy Time, The Young One Sleeps

Sleepy time, the young one sleeps,
The child will sleep very soon
Sleepy time, the young one sleeps,
The child will sleep oh, so soon.

A white hen
Is in the barn.
It’ll make a small egg
For the child who goes to sleep.

Sleepy time, the young one sleeps,
The child will sleep very soon
Sleepy time, the young one sleeps,
The child will sleep oh, so soon.

Everyone is calm
All around
It’s the time for all to sleep
Sleep will come soon.

Many thanks to Monique for the lyrics, the midi and help with the translation and to my husband Jason, for help with the English version. – Lisa

Please visit The Lullaby Page in French for French Lullabies and other Lullabies from Around the World with their French translations. The English version is coming soon.

and

The Mama Lisa’s World France page for more French children’s songs with their English translations

and

Mama Lisa’s World en français for Children’s Songs from Around the World with their French translations.

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Can Anyone Help with a Scary French Lullaby?

Can Anyone Help with Information about a French or Belgian Lullaby?

New Recordings of French Children’s Songs

Would You Know a Lullaby from Trinidad with the line “Dodo petit popo”?

A Lullaby from Belgium called “The White Hen” or “Une Poule Blanche”

A French Lullaby called “Dodo, l’enfant do” in French with an English Translation and the Midi Music