March 13, 2022

Children's Game Songs of French Canada

Folkways Records - FC 7214
Folkways Records - FC 7214

Format: Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Canada
Released: 1956
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Children's
[Tracklist]
A01 A la Claire Fontaine! Ah! Tu Danses Bien, Madeleine! (0:49)
A02 Trois Canards (Three Ducks) (1:20)
A03 Salade, Salade! - Game Song (1:01)
A04 Lá-Haut, Sur la Montagne (Up on the Mountain) (1:19)
A05 Belle Pomme d'Or (Beautiful Golden Apple) (0:25)
A06 Trois Fois Passera (Bridge-Song) (1:24)
A07 A la Peche aux Moules (Fishing Mussels) (0:56)
A08 Les Gars de Lochmine (1:56)
A09 Promenons-Nous dans le Bois (The Wolf Song) - Singing Game (1:05)
A10 Allo, Monsieur (Recto-Tono Song) (0:53)
A11 Un P'tit Moulin sur la Rivière (A Little Wind Mill on the River) (2:08)
B01 Nous n'Irons Plus Au Bois: Vieille Ronde Francaise (1:50)
B02 J'ai un Beau Château (I Have a Nice Castle) (1:32)
B03 Le P'tit Avocat (The Little Lawyer) - Dramatized Song (2:42)
B04 J'ai Tant Sauté, J'ai Tant Dansé! (I've Danced so Much, I've Torn My Shoe) (1:37)
B05 Un Éléphant, Ça Trompe - March Song. School Version (1:10)
B06 Le Jeu de la Corde - Rope Game (1:05)
B07 Le Bal Chez Boulé (Hop at Uncle's Boule) - A Country Dance (1:30)
[Credits]
Recorder: Sam Gesser, Cover Artwork: Irwin Rosenhouse
[Notes]
Arranged by Madame Jean-Louise Audet, educator and director of L’Ecole de Phonétique et Diction in Montreal, and interpreted by a group of young French–Canadian students, this album is a rich collection of popular French–Canadian children's play songs which feature repetition, rhythm, dances, and other calls to action. Liner notes provide lyrics in French and English and dance instruction.

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