The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #169209   Message #4162674
Posted By: Monique
16-Jan-23 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Mudcat singaround songs NOT in English
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mudcat singaround songs NOT in English
MON PÈRE AVAIT UN P'TIT CHAMP D' POIS (French)

Mon père avait un p'tit champ d' pois,
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Mon père avait un p'tit champ d' pois,
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Tous les matins il venait le voir,
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Tous les matins il venait le voir,
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Il rencontrit* une volée d'oies,
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Il rencontrit une volée d'oies,
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Prit son fusil et s'en tua trois,
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Prit son fusil et s'en tua trois,
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Il les mangit* au même repas,Pin dibilum cum cum mirabilu,
Il les mangit au même repas,
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En fut malade au lit trois mois,
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En fut malade au lit trois mois,
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MY FATHER HAD A SMALL FIELD OF PEAS

My father had a small field of peas,
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My father had a small field of peas,
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Every morning he'd go to see it
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Every morning he'd go to see it
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He came across a flight of geese,
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He came across a flight of geese,
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He took his shotgun and killed three of them
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He took his shotgun and killed three of them
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He ate them at the same meal
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He ate them at the same meal
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He was sick in bed for three months
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He was sick in bed for three months
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* "rencontrit" and "mangit" are just to make it sound better, the correct and usual forms of these verbs in "passé simple" (~preterit) are "rencontra" and "mangea".

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