tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post2771864536272079152..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Gentil coquelicotLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-34907473241135400362008-06-09T08:10:00.000+02:002008-06-09T08:10:00.000+02:00That was really lovely. I enjoyed it a lot and th...That was really lovely. I enjoyed it a lot and thank you for the translation.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04806397014770044851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-2160677483154358202008-06-01T01:04:00.000+02:002008-06-01T01:04:00.000+02:00Lovely little tune but the words are rather unkind...Lovely little tune but the words are rather unkind! I enjoyed singing along. I like the way the words keep repeating the previous line.Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-80390830986377969402008-05-31T23:35:00.000+02:002008-05-31T23:35:00.000+02:00Thanks all, glad you liked it!ML - It's less easy ...Thanks all, glad you liked it!<BR/>ML - It's less easy to find stuff on the net in French than English, presumabl harder still in more minority languages, perhaps you should start collecting the Finnish things you remember and getting them on there before they go.<BR/>Elizabeth - thanks, you too!<BR/>Joe - glad you enjoyed it, thanks for making me think of it. In fact there are a whole series of these French children's songs and animations on You-tube, but this one is particularly melancholy somehow.<BR/>Cat - perhaps the rather bleak view of the relations between the sexes it offers accounts for its decline! But folk songs in many languages contain a similar message...<BR/>Pol - well, I guess that's what's called a Pompadour! I loved the little bewigged gentlemen too.<BR/>GJ - Fortunately someone is troubling to record them. My students are often quite surprised at the English songs I've got at my fingertips, but in fact they have quite a lot of these haunting and catchy little tunes which they rather forget about... I think singing with and to children has suffered a bit of recent years everywhere.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-26783152989274098872008-05-31T21:50:00.000+02:002008-05-31T21:50:00.000+02:00Lovely little song. A pity that your young French ...Lovely little song. A pity that your young French students appear to be as bad as young Americans when it comes to memories from past years.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-64859130155050236492008-05-31T19:25:00.000+02:002008-05-31T19:25:00.000+02:00I have a vague memory of this from school... funny...I have a vague memory of this from school... funny hair that lady's got - like Marge Simpson's only in grey...Fire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-33898397765264370522008-05-31T18:41:00.000+02:002008-05-31T18:41:00.000+02:00Beautiful tune and animation but those words! I l...Beautiful tune and animation but those words! I liked it better before you translated it. :)Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-82880046380356879432008-05-31T18:26:00.000+02:002008-05-31T18:26:00.000+02:00Thank you so much, Lucy. I don't no why I find a n...Thank you so much, Lucy. I don't no why I find a note of sadness in those lovely, essentially cheerful French children's songs. It brought a tear to my eye. I shall save it for my grand kids when they next come.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-17954247900601037562008-05-31T17:00:00.000+02:002008-05-31T17:00:00.000+02:00Good for you!That was lovely.I love poppies...Have...Good for you!<BR/>That was lovely.<BR/>I love poppies...<BR/>Have a wonderful weekend.<BR/>Pax, EJTElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505258364895249347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-42604234577858187232008-05-31T16:50:00.000+02:002008-05-31T16:50:00.000+02:00How lucky to find the video, and such a sweet one....How lucky to find the video, and such a sweet one. Last December I was trying to recall a Finnish children's Christmas group song and could not find a decent video of it, though with a great deal of hunting found the words. I wanted to share it with my grandkids. Do you do that, try to recall childhood games and songs? I've forgotten so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com