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Bilingual Bedtime/French songs
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Meunier, tu dors.

The melody of Meunier, tu dors on a staff, as engraved in the book
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The melody as written on the staff, so you can learn the tune before you sing.

  1. Meunier, tu dors,muh-nyay, tew dor,Miller, you are sleeping,
  2. Ton moulin va trop vite,tohn moo-lehn vah troh vee-tuh,Your mill is turning too fast,
  3. Meunier tu dors,muh-nyay tew dor,Miller you are sleeping,
  4. Ton moulin va trop fort.tohn moo-lehn vah troh for.Your mill is grinding too hard.

About this song

Weckerlin's 1870 collection prints only this one couplet and says he never heard any more of it sung. Today children mime the windmill, rolling their hands round each other faster and faster until the sleepy miller's mill spins out of control.

Where it comes from

The words: Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin, Chansons et rondes enfantines (Garnier, 1870).

From the book

Bilingual Bedtime

Thirty-Five French Songs for Children

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