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LisaC
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Posted: June 29 2007 at 8:54am \| IP Logged

I am new to these forums so I hope this is of interest to some. I bought this CD titled Songs in French for Children, a while ago and we just started listening to it. Why did I buy it? It was winter and I was drinking French Roast coffee and eating chocolates and I wanted music to fit my mood.

This CD has great reviews on Amazon and is CHEAP too! Only $6.97. The CD was first released in 1956 and although neither my children nor I know any french we all enjoy these lively songs. I think the singer is quite clear, so for those learning french it might be useful.

Several of the songs will sound familiar: #4 L'alouette, #12 La ferme de Zephirin (Old Mac Donald), #14 Picotin musicien (La Cucaracha, or the Mexican hat dance?), #18 Le grand mechant loup (Who's afraid of the big bad wolf).

We are also doing a sort of unit study for the summer with the Treasure Box series and this goes along with the St. Therese stories...as well as the french roast!

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Posted: June 29 2007 at 11:40am \| IP Logged

Thanks, Lisa for mentioning this. I had a cassette with most of these songs, but the tape was ripped out a few years ago, and I've wantedto replace it,but never got around to looking into it. Now I don't have to!

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Posted: Aug 25 2007 at 10:36pm \| IP Logged

Lisa~
Does this CD have the lyrics on the inside cover?
TIA,

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LisaC
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Posted: Aug 26 2007 at 9:35pm \| IP Logged

Hi Suzanne,
The CD jacket just has the cover picture and the songs listed in back with time duration...But, I found this interesting website and checked for two songs at random (dansons la capucine, sur le pont d'Avignon) and they are both there. Hope that helps.
Lisa
http://www.southwestern.edu/~prevots/songs/

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Posted: Aug 27 2007 at 11:01pm \| IP Logged

This brings back memories of high school French class. I clearly remember learning "Alouette" and "Sur le Pont d'Avignon". In fact, I've been known to break into one of those songs out of the blue around here at times.

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