Tune Req: Laurence Olivier sings in 49th Parallel

Subject: Tune Req: Laurence Olivier sings in 49th Parallel
From: GUEST,Len Kennington
Date: 02 May 20 - 10:13 AM

The Michael Powell wartime propaganda film 49th Parallel includes Laurence Olivier as an outrageously over-the-top French-Canadian fur-trapper. At one point he is seated by the fire singing a French Canadian Fur-trappers song (with concertina) when those fiendish Nazis burst in. Anyone know what he's singing? Sequence about 23 mins in - here's the YouTube link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEtMUXjuKw
(This is the moment when the song starts --mudelf)

Thanks

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Laurence Olivier sings in 49th Parallel
From: cnd
Date: 02 May 20 - 11:59 AM

IMDB says

Alouette
(uncredited)
Traditional French folksong
Sung to accompaniment of accordion by Laurence Olivier

But that's definitely not the song in question.

Film composer Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote the score for this movie and included titles were:

Prelude [opening titles] (2:13)
Prologue (11:20)
Control Room Alert (2:03)
Hudson Bay Post (1:27)
Looting the Store (0:46)
Death of Kühnecke (1:57)
Hutterite Settlement (a) Anna's Volkslied (3:14)
Hutterite Settlement (b) The Wheat Harvest (1:47)
Winnipeg I (2:50)
Winnipeg II (1:08)
Nazi March (3:15)
Indian Music I (0:29)
Indian Music II (1:00)
Indian Music III (0:46)
Nazis on the run & The Lake in the Mountains (2:08)
Prelude [closing titles] (2:12)

I don't think any of those are right either. You'll need someone who understands French to track it down. I'm no good at trying to guess which letters they decide to leave out or not when pronouncing a word

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Laurence Olivier sings in 49th Parallel
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 02 May 20 - 12:23 PM

I think he's singing

Derrière Chez Nous y a Une Etang

but I'm not sure. This will require Monique's help.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Laurence Olivier sings in 49th Parallel
From: Bob the Postman
Date: 02 May 20 - 01:07 PM

It's in Digitrad under the title "En Roulant Ma Boule".
Here's a You Tube version.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Laurence Olivier sings in 49th Parallel
From: GUEST,Len Kennington
Date: 02 May 20 - 05:52 PM

Yes! That's it - you got it!