I've heard this song for close to fifty years now and Target just started using it on their commercials. I've never thought about what it meant until now so I looked it up, it is one weird song when you know the words.
English translation is in blue, parentheses are repeated lines.

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Lark, nice lark
Alouette, je te plumerai
Lark, I shall pluck you
Je te plumerai la tête
I shall pluck your head
(Je te plumerai la tête)
(I shall pluck your head)
Et la tête
And your head
(Et la tête)
(And your head)
Alouette
Lark
(Alouette)
(Lark)
O-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Lark, nice Lark
Alouette, je te plumerai
Lark, I shall pluck you
Je te plumerai le bec
I shall pluck your beak
(Je te plumerai le bec)
(I shall pluck your beak)
Et le bec
And your beak
(Et le bec)
(and your beak)
Et la tête
And your head
(Et la tête)
(And your head)
Alouette
Lark
(Alouette)
(Lark)
O-o-o-oh

So the whole song is about plucking a bird.

It's just more passive aggression from the French. Picking on a bird.

Pretend it's a chicken instead of a lark and it doesn't seem so bad.

So the whole song is about plucking a bird.

Kind of makes you wonder what Target wants to pluck...:whistle:

(FYI -- I now hate that song! The commercial is so stupid!!)

Thanks, now its stuck in my head again only now with horrible lyrics in English.... *sigh*

:coffee:

:lol: I had to look this up also. Not such a fun kids' song after learning the meaning.

:lol: I had to look this up also. Not such a fun kids' song after learning the meaning.

4 & 20 blackbirds baked in a pie :cds:

ring around the rosie....:whistle:

found a peanut:whistle:

Gosh our parents taught us some morbid stuff! :lol:

4 & 20 blackbirds baked in a pie :cds:

ring around the rosie....:whistle:

found a peanut:whistle:

Gosh our parents taught us some morbid stuff! :lol:

You should go back and read the "original" versions of Grimm's fair tales. "Grim" is an understatement!

4 & 20 blackbirds baked in a pie :cds:

ring around the rosie....:whistle:

found a peanut:whistle:

Gosh our parents taught us some morbid stuff! :lol:

They certainly did.

I like to think I didn't pass it along.

Rosie is probably the worst one and one we played most on the playground.