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Lyr Add: La Laine Des Moutons (trad. France)

11 Jun 18 - 08:06 PM (#3930397)
Subject: ADD: La Laine Des Moutons (the wool of the sheep)
From: Joe Offer

Any more information on this song? Thanks, Eve. (corrections from Monique)

Thread #120354   Message #2617867
Posted By: Eve Goldberg
24-Apr-09 - 12:26 PM
Thread Name: Looking for a simple French song
Subject: ADD: La Laine Des Moutons (the wool of the sheep)

"La Laine Des Moutons" is a beautiful "zipper" song that kids love:

La laine des moutons
C'est nous qui la tondaine
La laine des moutons
C'est nous qui la tondons
Tondons, tondaine
La laine des moutaines
Tondons, tondaine
La laine des moutons

lavaine/lavons
cardaine/cardons
filaine/filons
portaine/portons
chantaine/chantons


Translation: The wool of the sheep, it is we who shear it, wash it, card it, spin it, wear it, and sing about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDN6JBrBS5U

http://www.natunelist.net/sheeps-woolla-laine-de-mouton/

https://greatsong.net/PAROLES-CARMEN-CAMPAGNE,LA-LAINE-DES-MOUTONS,107468445.html


12 Jun 18 - 03:15 AM (#3930426)
Subject: RE: ADD: La Laine Des Moutons (the wool of the sheep)
From: Monique

It's a bourrée from the Auvergne/Limousin region. You can find other verses such as "peignaine-peignons" (comb), "teignaine-teignons" (dye), "tissaine-tissons" (weave), "reprisaine-reprisons" (mend), "jetaine-jetons" (throw away) -from Diapason Turquoise 2, les Presses d'Île de France, 2004.
I learned the 2nd part as "Tondons, tondons, la laine la laine, tondons, tondons, la laine des moutons."


Click to play (joeweb)


14 Jun 18 - 04:00 PM (#3930909)
Subject: RE: ADD: La Laine Des Moutons (the wool of the sheep)
From: GUEST

I love this song. We recorded it back in the 90s.
Listen here.