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04-20-2012, 01:52 PM
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| Visualize whirled peas  Member Since: Jul 2006 Location: California, MD
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| Allouette 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.
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04-20-2012, 03:15 PM
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| Bored Mommy  Member Since: Mar 2001 Location: Off the grid
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| It's just more passive aggression from the French. Picking on a bird. |
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04-20-2012, 06:13 PM
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| *  Member Since: Sep 2007
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| Pretend it's a chicken instead of a lark and it doesn't seem so bad. |
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04-20-2012, 07:48 PM
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| Waiting for beach weather  Member Since: Oct 2008 Location: North Beach
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 (FYI -- I now hate that song! The commercial is so stupid!!) hvp05 likes this.
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04-20-2012, 08:41 PM
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| Surely you jest ...  Member Since: Nov 2009 Location: Da Bubbahood
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| Thanks, now its stuck in my head again only now with horrible lyrics in English.... *sigh* 
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04-21-2012, 08:18 PM
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| Methodically disorganized  Member Since: Jul 2005 Location: Northeast of you
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|  I had to look this up also. Not such a fun kids' song after learning the meaning.
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04-21-2012, 08:34 PM
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| Registered User  Member Since: Dec 2003 Location: Analville
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 ring around the rosie.... found a peanut Gosh our parents taught us some morbid stuff!
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04-21-2012, 08:56 PM
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| Waiting for beach weather Member Since: Oct 2008 Location: North Beach
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04-21-2012, 08:58 PM
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| Hot Flash  Member Since: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern Shore/ Soup
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I like to think I didn't pass it along. Rosie is probably the worst one and one we played most on the playground. | |
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