Category Archives: SONGS AND TEXTS

DECK THE HALLS

LISTEN TO THE SONG

Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
‘Tis the season to be jolly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Don we now our gay apparel
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la.
Troll the ancient Yule-tide carol
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.

See the blazing Yule before us.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Strike the harp and join the .
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Follow me in merry measure.
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la.
While I tell of Yule-tide treasure.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Fast away the old year passes.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Hail the new year, lads and lasses
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Sing we joyous, all together.
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la.
Heedless of the wind and weather.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

TOM’S DINER by Susan Vega

 

Watch the video  and practice the song

I am sitting
In the morning
At the diner
On the cornerI am waiting
At the counter
For the man
To pour the coffeeAnd he fills it
Only halfway
And before
I even argueHe is looking
Out the window
At somebody
Coming in »It is always
Nice to see you »
Says the man
Behind the counterTo the woman
Who has come in
She is shaking
Her umbrella

And I look
The other way
As they are kissing
Their hellos

I’m pretending
Not to see them
Instead
I pour the milk

I open
Up the paper
There’s a story
Of an actor

Who had died
While he was drinking
It was no one
I had heard of

And I’m turning
To the horoscope

 And looking
For the funniesWhen I’m feeling
Someone watching me
And so
I raise my headThere’s a woman
On the outside
Looking inside
Does she see me?No she does not
Really see me
Cause she sees
Her own reflectionAnd I’m trying
Not to notice
That she’s hitching
Up her skirtAnd while she’s
Straightening her stockings
Her hair
Has gotten wet

Oh, this rain
It will continue
Through the morning
As I’m listening

To the bells
Of the cathedral
I am thinking
Of your voice…

And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time
Before the rain began…

I finish up my coffee
It’s time to catch the train

 

 

LEARN THE WORDS : apprends les paroles, français – anglais

MATCH TEXT AND PICTURES : choisis le texte pour chaque image

LEARN THE LINES : apprenez la chanson

 

You can also watch this video (Georgio Moroder feat. Britney Spears disco version,  karaoke)

The HAKA SONG

 

WATCH THE VIDEO AND PRACTICE THE HAKA SONG (You are going  to sing it with Mrs de Courcel and with me when you’re back  in school)Regardez la vidéo et pratiquez le haka (nous le chanterons à la rentrée avec madame de Courcel)

LYRICS                                                        Haka! Haka!

Hands on your hips

Hee! Bend your knees Ha!

 X2                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Slap your thighs with your hands                                                                                                                                                                             As hard as you can, hee! Ha!

X2

Stamp one foot on the floor               As hard as you can, hee! ha!

Chorus x2                                   Haka haka haka – hee!                         Haka haka haka – ha!

Cross your fists in front of your face Hee !

Put your arms down now Ha!

 X2

Slap your thigh, chest, high                    Look at the sun, hee ! ha!

X2

Elbow, elbow, elbow, high                      Look at the moon, hee! ha!

X2 Chorus

Hands on your hips Hi !

Hee! Bend your knees Ha!

X2

Thigh, thigh, fist, high I am strong, strong, strong

X2

Slap your thigh, chest, chest Yes, I’m as strong as the best! ha!

X2 Chorus

Haka!

  • WRITE A VOCABULARY LIST FROM THE HAKA  SONG, MATCH the FRENCH and the ENGLISH VOCABULARY :

Body parts : arms/ chest/elbow/face/ fist/foot/hand/hip/knee/thigh

Verbs : bend/slap/stamp

Adjectives : best/hard/high/strong

French words = hanche/meilleur/plier/coude/bras/dur/taper du pied/main/genou/cuisse/haut/taper de la main/poitrine/haut/visage/pied/fort

Correction

French words =

hanche=hip/meilleur=best/plier=bend/coude=elbow/bras= arms/dur=hard/taper du pied=stamp/genou=knee/cuisse=thigh/haut=high/taper de la main=slap/main=hand/poitrine=chest/haut/visage=face/pied=foot/fort=strong/poing=fist

  • COMPLETE THIS TEXT ABOUT HAKA :

The haka  is a ceremonial _____________ or challenge in Maori _______________.

It is performed by a __________, with vigorous movements and ___________ of the feet with rhythmically shouted words. It is the ______________ battle preparations of male for ____________. Haka are also performed to _____________friends, or on  great ________________.There are haka groups in____________ for students. The New Zealand rugby union team (« ________________ ») usually performs the haka before a game.

VOCABULARY :

All Blacks/ stamping/culture/schools/dance/*war= guerre/group/traditional/*welcome=accueillir

correction :

The haka  is a ceremonial dance or challenge in Maori culture.It is performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted words. It is the traditional battle preparations of males for war. Haka are also performed to welcome friends, or on  great occasions.There are haka groups in schools for students. The New Zealand rugby union team (« All Blacks ») usually performs the haka before a game.

 

 

 

SHOULD I STAY or SHOULD I GO ? The Clash

Please click here and listen to the song. Learn it up to 1:05 :

Darling you ‘ve got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
If you say that you are mine
I’ll be here ’til the end of time

So you’ve got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
It’s always tease, tease, tease
You’re happy when I’m on my knees
One day it’s fine and next it’s black
So if you want me off your back
Well, come on and let me know
Should I stay or should I go?

  • FIND THE FOLLOWING WORDS in ENGLISH IN THIS PART OF THE SONG, AND WRITE A LIST (Trouvez dans cette partie de la chanson les mots suivants, et faites une liste de vocabulaire)

rester / partir / jusqu’à la fin des temps / chéri(e) / tu dois me dire

/devrais-je /si tu ne veux plus m’avoir sur le dos / allez / dis-le moi/

je serai là / tu me cherches tout le temps

Correction pour le vocabulaire : 

rester : stay/partir :go/jusqu’à la fin des temps : until the end of time /chéri(e) : darling/ tu dois me dire : you’ve got to let me know/devrais-je : should I/ si tu ne veux plus m’avoir sur le dos : if you want me off your back/ allez : come on/ je serai là : I’ll be here/jusqu’à la fin des temps : until the end of time

 

 

 

Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer

You know Dasher and Dancer and Pranxer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen....but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer

Had a very shiny __________

And if you ever saw it

You would even say it glows

All of the other ___________

Used to laugh and call him ____________

They never let ____________________

____________ in any reindeer _______________

Then one foggy ______________ eve

Santa came to _______________:

« Rudolph with your nose so _____________

Won’t you guide my sleigh ________________? »

Then how the reindeer ________________ him

As they shouted out with glee (yippee)

« Rudolph, the _________________ reindeer

You’ll go down in ________________. »

Watch the video here

Somewhere over the rainbow

Watch the video here 

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dream of
Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
And the dreams that you dream of
Dreams really do come true
Someday, I wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top
That’s where you’ll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
And the dreams that you dare to
Oh why, oh why can’t I?

 

Shame and scandal in the family

I say oh, misery
Shame and scandal in the family
Woe, misery
Shame and scandal in the family

Down in Trinidad there was a family
With much confusion as you will see
A mama and a papa and a boy who was grown
He wanted to marry and have a wife of his own
He found a girl she suited him nice
He went to his father to ask his advice
His father said: « Son, I have to say no,
The girl is your sister, but your mama don’t know »

Oh, misery
Shame and scandal in the family
I say oh, misery
Shame and scandal in the family

Then a week went by and the summer came down
Soon the best girl on the island he found
He went to his papa to make it a date
His papa shook his head and to this he did say
« You Can’t marry that girl I have to say no
Cause the girl is your sister, but your mama don’t know »

Oh, misery
Shame and scandal in the family
I say Oh, misery
It’s shame and scandal in the family

He went to his mama, he covered his head
He told his mum what his father had said
His mother she laughed,
she said: « Go man, go
Your daddy ain’t your daddy, but your daddy don’t know »

Oh, misery
It’s shame and scandal in the family
Oh, misery
Shame and scandal in the family
I say oh, misery
Shame and scandal in the family
I say oh, misery

KARAOKE VIDEO HERE

These boots

Click here to listen to Nancy Sinatra

You keep saying you’ve got something for me.
something you call love, but confess.
You’ve been messing where you shouldn’t have been  messing
and now someone else is getting all your best.

These boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do
one of these days these boots     are going to    walk all       over you.

You keep lying, when you ought to be truthing
and you keep losing when you ought to not bet.
You keep saming when you ought to be changing.
Now what’s right is right, but you ain’t been right yet.

These boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do
one of these days these boots are going to walk all over you.

You keep playing where you shouldn’t be playing
and you keep thinking that you´ll never get burnt.
Ha!
I just found me a brand new box of matches yeah
and what you know you ain’t HAD time to learn.

These boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do
one of these days these boots are going to walk all over you.

Are you ready boots? Start walking!

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Little Red Riding Hood, Monthy Python version

 

1             Once upon a  time,  there was a little   house  in a dark forest.
  In this house, lived a  humble woodcutter and his wife
  and their  pretty daughter, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD.
  And  in the middle of this deep dark forest,
5 There lived a vicious wolf.
             One day, LITTLE RED  RIDING HOOD set off to take some things
To her old grandmother  who lived deep in the forest.
The vicious wolf saw LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and thought :
  “She looks very good to eat  ! “
10  “- Where are you going  my pretty one ?”
   “- To my grandmother’s.”
HAHA HA HA smirked the wicked wolf and dashed off through the forest to grandmother’s house.
  KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK went the  wicked wolf.
  The  door opened  wide but it wasn’t grandmother who opened it.
15 It was Buzz Aldrin, America’s  number 2 spaceman.
  And this  wasn’t granny’s little house at all !
    It was  the headquarters of  N.A.S.A., the American space research agency.
  The wicked wolf  was shot by security guards.
  So, all was quiet in the  forest again.
20 The humble woodcutter and  his wife sold their story to DER SPIEGEL for DM 40,000
NASA  agreed to limit  the number of nuclear tests  in Granny’s little house
  To two  on Thursdays  and one on Saturdays, after tea.

Watch the video here