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Bilingual Bedtime/French songs
ComptineCounting rhyme

Un, deux, trois, nous irons au bois.

Un, deux, trois

The melody of Un, deux, trois, nous irons au bois 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. Un, deux, trois,uhn, duh, trwah,One, two, three,
  2. Nous irons au bois,noo zee-rohn oh bwah,We will go to the woods,
  3. Quatre, cinq, six.katr, sehnk, sees.Four, five, six.
  4. Cueillir des cerises,kuhy-leer day suh-reez,To pick cherries,
  5. Sept, huit, neuf.set, weet, nuhf.Seven, eight, nine.
  6. Dans un panier neuf,dahn zuhn pah-nyay nuhf,In a new basket,
  7. Dix, onze, douze,dees, ohnz, dooz,Ten, eleven, twelve,
  8. Elles seront toutes rouges.el suh-rohn toot roozh.They will all be red.

About this song

One of the best-loved French counting rhymes, printed in Jean-François Bladé's 1879 folklore collection from Gascony. Parents count off on little fingers as they recite it, or children use it to pick who goes first in a game. Cerises means cherries, the treat the rhyme promises.

Where it comes from

The words: Jean-François Bladé, Poésies populaires en langue française recueillies dans l'Armagnac et l'Agenais (Paris, 1879).

From the book

Bilingual Bedtime

Thirty-Five French Songs for Children

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