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Two French Goodbye Songs with Recordings

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

I was recently asked for a Goodbye Song in French. While looking for a song I found out that some French school teachers use the French version of Auld Lang Syne, “Ce n’est qu’un au revoir”, as a Goodbye Song. It’s a Scout song that’s also called “Le chant des adieux”. When teachers use it as a Goodbye song, they sing the 1st two verses. Here they are in French with an English translation….

Faut-il nous quitter sans espoir
Sans espoir de retour ?
Faut-il nous quitter sans espoir
De nous revoir un jour ?

Refrain
Ce n’est qu’un au revoir, mes frères,
Ce n’est qu’un au revoir.
Oui, nous nous reverrons, mes frères,
Ce n’est qu’un au revoir.

Here’s a literal English translation by Monique Palomares…

Must we leave each other without a hope
To see each other again some day
Must we leave each other without a hope
A hope of return

It’s only a goodbye, my brothers
It’s only a goodbye,
Yes, we’ll see each other again, my brothers
It’s only a goodbye.

Here you can hear the whole song…

Another Goodbye Song we have here today was written and sung by Alain Le Lait. It’s in French and English. Sit back and enjoy the song by clicking the MP3 below. You can read along with the lyrics in French and English…

Listen to Alain’s French Goodbye Song

Au revoir
by Alain Le Lait

Au revoir, good bye,
Now it is time for me to go away.
Au revoir, good bye,
But I wish I could stay with you all day.

Thanks for your smiles
And for singing along
I hope to see you again before too long.

Au revoir, good bye,
Il se fait tard et je dois m’en aller
Au revoir, good bye,
Mais j’aimerais rester toute la journée
Pour vos sourires et vos bien jolies voix
Je vous remercie et a une autre fois.

Au revoir, good bye,
Au revoir, good bye,
Au revoir, good bye.

(English Translation of French Verse)

Good bye, good bye
It’s getting late and I must go
Good bye, good bye
But I’d like to stay with you all day
For all your smiles and your pretty voices
I thank you and I’ll see you another time.

The French and English lyrics to this “Au revoir” song are © 1994 Alain Le Lait.

Alain Le Lait is a French native who grew up near Paris, France. He moved to the United States in the 1970s and now lives in Colorado. Alain writes and performs easy to learn children’s songs in French, Spanish and English. Check out his site www.Yadeeda.com to hear samples of his music and to buy his CD’s or mp3’s.

Merci Alain & Monique!

Feel free to share any French Hello or Goodbye songs you know in the comments below.

Mama Lisa

PS Here are some other Hello and Goodbye Songs…

•Two French Goodbye Songs with Recordings

•French Hello Song "Bonjour" with MP3

•Some More Hello and Goodbye Songs with MP3 Recordings

•Hello and Goodbye Songs

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French Hello Song “Bonjour” with MP3

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Hello songs are a wonderful way to help children who are learning a foreign language. It’s also nice for children to always sing the same song at the beginning of a class. Hello songs are great for this.

The song below is called “Bonjour”. It’s a French hello song written and sung by Alain Le Lait. Sit back and enjoy the song by clicking the MP3 below. You can read along with the lyrics in French, followed by an English translation by Alain…

MP3 of Bonjour

Bonjour
(French Lyrics)

Bonjour, bonjour
Comment ça va?
Bonjour, bonjour
Très bien, merci
Je suis content d’être ici
Avec tous mes petits amis
Bonjour, bonjour
Comment ça va?

Merci, merci
Merci d’être ici
Merci, merci
Écoutez
Aimez-vous cette chanson?
J’espère que je suis dans le ton
Merci, merci
Merci d’être ici

Hello
(English Translation)

Hello, hello
How are you?
Hello, hello
Very well, thank you
I am happy to be here
With all my little friends
Hello, hello
How are you?

Thank you, thank you
For being here
Thank you, thank you
Listen up
Do you like this song?
I hope that I am in tune
Thank you, thank you
For being here.

The French and English lyrics to this “Bonjour” song are © 2003 Alain Le Lait.

Merci Alain!

Mama Lisa

PS Here are some other Hello and Goodbye Songs…

•Two French Goodbye Songs with Recordings

•French Hello Song "Bonjour" with MP3

•Some More Hello and Goodbye Songs with MP3 Recordings

•Hello and Goodbye Songs

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Some More Hello and Goodbye Songs with MP3 Recordings

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

On Friday, I was asked for the lyrics to some Hello and Goodbye songs. My sister-in-law Dale read the post and offered to sing some songs that she used to sing to her preschool classes. Here are two Hello Songs and one Goodbye Song:

Here We Are Together

Here we are together, together, together,
Here we are together, together again.
With Jason, and Lisa, and Dale and Andrew,
And Lila, and Calvin and Corrina*,
Here we are together, together again.

MP3 of Here We Are Together

*Here you put in the names of all the kids in the room.

Here’s another Hello Song…

Hello, Hello, Hello and How Are You?

Hello, Hello, Hello and how are you?
I’m fine. I’m fine,
And I hope that you are too!

MP3 of Hello and How Are You

And a goodbye song…

Goodbye Everybody Yes Indeed

Goodbye everybody yes indeed,
Yes indeed, yes indeed.
Goodbye everybody yes indeed,
We’ll see you all tomorrow!

MP3 of Goodbye Everybody Yes Indeed

Many thanks to Dale Durdunas for sharing these songs with us!

If anyone would like to share any other Hello or Goodbye Songs (in any language), please comment below or email me. I think it would be neat to start a collection of Hello songs from around the world.

Thanks!

Lisa

PS Here are some other Hello and Goodbye Songs…

•Two French Goodbye Songs with Recordings

•French Hello Song "Bonjour" with MP3

•Some More Hello and Goodbye Songs with MP3 Recordings

•Hello and Goodbye Songs

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Hello and Goodbye Songs

Friday, January 19th, 2007

Someone named Lisa wrote to me:

Hello

I’m looking for suggestions on hello and goodbye songs for a playgroup/music class I’m creating for my friends and family.

Thought it would be great to begin and end a session properly. I’d like them in English for this project.

Happy New Year!

Lisa

At our library, they sing the Open Shut Them Song at the beginning and end of each class. Here’s the version the librarians sing at the beginning of each program:

Open, Shut Them

Open, shut them.
Open, shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap.

Open, shut them
Open, shut them.
Put them in your lap, lap, lap.

Creep them, creep them,
Creep them, creep them,
Right up to your chin, chin, chin.

Open wide your little mouth,
But do not let them in.

Open and close your hands when you sing “Open, shut them” and then follow the words to the song with the corresponding hand movements while you sing. On “do not let them in” hide your hands behind your back.

At the end of the “class” we sing the song in the following way…

Open, Shut Them

Open, shut them.
Open, shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap.

Open, shut them
Open, shut them.
Put them in your lap, lap, lap.

Wave them, wave them,
Wave them, wave them,
High up in the sky, sky, sky.

Wave to me, I’ll wave to you,
Let’s all say “Bye, bye.”

Here’s an mp3 of Open Shut Them

There’s another Hello Song that keeps running through my head (since I read Lisa’s question). I just realized where I heard it from. It was the Hello Song from my daughter’s preschool. It went:

Hello, hello, hello, hello,
Hello, hello, when you say hello you make a friend.
Say hello and make a friend.

My husband pointed out that he always remembered the Hello Song from The Magic Garden, a kids show that was aired in New York in the 1970’s. You can hear it here.

If you would like to suggest other “hello” and “goodbye” songs, please comment below.

Thanks!

Mama Lisa

UPDATE: My sister-in-law Dale read this post and offered to sing some songs that she used to sing to her preschool classes. Check them out in my next blog entry.

PS Here are some other Hello and Goodbye Songs…

•Two French Goodbye Songs with Recordings

•French Hello Song "Bonjour" with MP3

•Some More Hello and Goodbye Songs with MP3 Recordings

•Hello and Goodbye Songs

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