Les doigts de la main
Go from the thumb to the little finger...
Les doigts de la main
The Fingers
Finger Play
Finger Play
(Picard)
(English)
Ch'batteu
Ch'véneu
Ch'porté molin
Chti qu'i foait au four
Chti qu'i minge toute toute toute toute !
Variante (1) :
Ch'batteu
Ch'véneu
Ch'porté molin
Ech foaiseu d'pain
Echtileu qu'i foait ouin ouin ouin ouin ouin !
Variante (2) :
Ch'batteu
Ch'véneu
Ch'porté molin
Chti qu'i foait au four
Ech ritchitchi qu'i minge toute !
The thresher*
The winnower**
The one who goes to the mill
The one who bakes in the oven
The one who eats it all all all all!
Variation (1) :
The thresher
The winnower
The one who goes to the mill
The bread maker
And the little one who goes wah wah wah!
Variation (2) :
The thresher
The winnower
The one who goes to the mill
The one who bakes in the oven
The tiny one who eats it all!
Notes
*A thresher is a farming machine that separates the seeds or grain from the rest of the plant.
**A winnower is a device for seed cleaning from weeds.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Jean-Luc Vigneux from the site Ch'Lanchron for contributing this rhyme, to Edit' Dupont for translating it into French and to Monique Palomares for translating it into English.
Tout plein d'ar'merciements!
