Alouette

I love this song - and I use it after La Cucaracha in the short 4th grade world unit.

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

Alouette, je te plumerai

Je te plumerai le bec

I shall pluck your beak

(Je te plumerai le bec)

Et le bec

(Et le bec)

Et la tête

(Et la tête)

Alouette

(Alouette)

O-o-o-oh

The song with the italicized phrase (a part of the bird) in each verse being substituted with a new one, with the previous items being recited at the end:

Et le cou

And your neck

Et le dos

And your back

Et les ailes

And your wings

Et les pattes

And your feet

Et la queue

And your tail

Instrument parts:
(They may seem too simple, but when we start singing each verse faster and faster, it can be challenging!)

Alouette from Beth Thompson