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Thread #28247   Message #2784581
Posted By: GUEST,M Hecht
09-Dec-09 - 09:39 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella
Subject: RE: Origin: Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella
as to the meaning of the Do! Do! in the last French stanza, I would think it means sleep, sleep. It is common to say to a French baby 'fais dodo' (translates as 'go to sleep') as in the song 'fais dodo Colin mon p'tit frere, fais dodo t'auras du gateau'. It makes sense with the rest of the words. What doesn't make sense is the separation of dodo in do! do!