Monday, November 09, 2009

For the Album

Some time ago I wrote about how I sing improv for Gwendolyn on a regular basis. Sometimes a song sticks well enough that I remember it from week to week. One of these is a song that I often sing to my daughter while she's having her bedtime bottle. It's a modification of Frere Jacques, sung to the same melody:

Seour Espoir,
Reveilles-tu?
Pourquoi pas dormis,
Toute la nuit?

My apologies for you true francophones out there: here is what I think I'm singing:

Sister Hope
Are you awake?
Why not sleep,
All night long?

~ emrys

1 comment:

Jenny said...

Excellent French, Em. Not entirely positive about the conjugation of pourquois pas dormis, but it could very well be correct. And it works, so I say GO WITH IT! LOVE IT!