Aloutte gentille Alouette.
Alouttee je te plumerai!
what does that song mean, Sunny?
Its a song about a lark.
cute! A LIL birdie.
The lark is about to get plucked and then eaten.
another children song ends violently!
every time the Target commercial comes on with it’s peppy version of “Alouette”, I wonder what it has to do with adding color and life to clothing and furnishings
I love the version of that song they play in the Target Color commercial. The one with all the acrobats. I found it on Spotify and added it to my playlist, along with the “Day In, Day Out” remix they use in the DSW commercials this year.
I didn’t know people ate larks. I always thought Alouette was a girls name because it wasn’t a word in the French/English dictionary my French class used in school. I don’t think it had the word for “pluck” either.
An old European delicacy, eaten bones and all, so plucking was all that was required. Tongues were a true prize. No longer. The species is in trouble.
Little skylark, lovely little skylarkLittle lark, I’ll pluck your feathers offI’ll pluck the feathers off your headI’ll pluck the feathers off your headOff your head – off your headLittle lark, little larkO-o-o-o-oh(And adding:)Off your beakOff your neckOff your backOff your wingsOff your feetOff your tail
kbyrdleroy123 over 12 years ago
The truth behind some of these songs where you know the words but not the meaning scares me.
ReneTray over 12 years ago
Yes to Prof danglais.At least “Pere Jacques” is good.“Father John”.
meglocklear over 12 years ago
I heard that Humpty Dumpty was about a military cannon. how does Oranges and Lemons go?
celeconecca over 12 years ago
every time the Target commercial comes on with it’s peppy version of “Alouette”, I wonder what it has to do with adding color and life to clothing and furnishings
celeconecca over 12 years ago
don’t remember “Oranges and Lemons”
Nicholas Theodorakis over 12 years ago
Snopes on “Ring around the Rosie”
Dani Rice over 12 years ago
Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary…
Jaymi Cee Premium Member over 12 years ago
I love the version of that song they play in the Target Color commercial. The one with all the acrobats. I found it on Spotify and added it to my playlist, along with the “Day In, Day Out” remix they use in the DSW commercials this year.
Stan King over 12 years ago
Try the Spanish “La Cucaracha”:La cucaracha, la cucarachaYa no puede caminarPor que no tiene, por que le faltaMarijuana que fumar.
The cockroach, the cockroachHe can’t walkBecause he doesn’t have, and needsMarijuana to smoke.
ewalnut over 12 years ago
I didn’t know people ate larks. I always thought Alouette was a girls name because it wasn’t a word in the French/English dictionary my French class used in school. I don’t think it had the word for “pluck” either.
MeGoNow Premium Member over 12 years ago
An old European delicacy, eaten bones and all, so plucking was all that was required. Tongues were a true prize. No longer. The species is in trouble.
Little skylark, lovely little skylarkLittle lark, I’ll pluck your feathers offI’ll pluck the feathers off your headI’ll pluck the feathers off your headOff your head – off your headLittle lark, little larkO-o-o-o-oh(And adding:)Off your beakOff your neckOff your backOff your wingsOff your feetOff your tail
tegm over 12 years ago
hahaha…awesome
pschearer Premium Member over 12 years ago
Why has nobody mentioned “Four and twenty blackbirds baked into a pie”?
As for “Oranges and Lemons”, since that is so specific to the churches of London, it is little-known in the States.
Potrzebie over 12 years ago
So if you give a dog a bone, does some old person gets whacked and is sent rolling home?
gimmickgenius over 12 years ago
Allan Sherman’s version:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYmNeGEB-fw
zehnkatzen over 12 years ago
If the French meaning behind Alouette turns you off, for gosh sakes don’t google up “Ortolan”. You’ll be appalled.
acndvm over 12 years ago
“je te plumerai” means (roughly) “I will pluck you”