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"Ah! vous dirai-je, maman " " Ah! vous dirai-je, maman" (French: [a vu diʁeʒ(ə) mamɑ̃], English: Oh!Shall I tell you, Mama) is a popular children's song in France. Since its composition in the 18th century, the melody has been applied to numerous lyrics in multiple languages – the English-language song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is one such example.
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This piece consists of twelve variations on the French folk song "Ah! vous dirai-je, maman". The French melody first appeared in 1761, and has been used for many children's songs, such as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep", and the "Alphabet Song". [1]
There is a strong oral tradition among children in China, Vietnam and other places in Asia of passing on songs with their own lyrics, sung to the tune of "Frère Jacques". [39] Frère Jacques is the name of a chain of franchised French restaurants in the UK [40] and the name of a French restaurant in the Murray Hill section of New York City. [41]
[1] [2] The song has been around since at least 1860 and relates the adventures of an Egyptian crocodile going to war against Elephants. [ 3 ] This nineteenth-century nursery rhyme is derived from Jacques Offenbach 's song Hooray for the Crocodile , part of the Tromb-al-ca-zar ou les Criminels dramatiques , premiered in April 1856.
J'ai vu le loup ("I saw the wolf") is a French folk song, and also a nursery rhyme. [1] Due to it having been transmitted orally, it is difficult to pinpoint its exact origin, though the earliest versions date back to the High Middle Ages. [2]
"Alouette" has become a symbol of French Canada for the world, an unofficial national song. [3] Today, the song is used to teach French and English-speaking children in Canada, and others learning French around the world, the names of body parts. Singers will point to or touch the part of their body that corresponds to the word being sung in ...
ABBAcadabra is a French children's musical based on songs from the pop group ABBA. It was originally produced for French television in 1983 by Alain Boublil and Daniel Boublil, which was later also transferred to an English stage version and two other television programs. The story was not always the same as the selection of the chosen songs ...