LA CALHE DE LA CALHE (Occitan -Lengadocian dialect) "La calhe de la calhe Ont as tu lo niu ?" (bis) "Sul truc de La Bastida Del puèg de Montbresson." (bis) "Mès digas-me tu la calhe De qué I a dedins ?" (bis) "Dels uòus coma los autres Un briat pus polits !" (bis) Coirault : 10506 La caille et son nid RADdO : 04905.

QUAIL OF THE QUAIL "Quail of the quail (1) Where is your nest?" (twice) "On the La Bastide butt, On Montbresson hill" (2) (twice) "But tell me, quail, What is in there?" (twice) "Eggs like any other eggs, A little prettier!" (twice)

(1) lit. "the quail of the quail". It doesn't make sense but once you know that the main version of this song goes "Oh calha, bèla calha… (oh, quail, beautiful quail) it explains lots. -sheet music and YouTube videos on the page.
(2) For "La Bastida", see Wiki (the Fr. article is much longer with many more photos). Montbresson means "Bush Mount"

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