I'm really friggin' thankful for Raffi. I grew up listening to Raffi and now the boys are listening - on my old cassettes, too, though ive only got one surviving one now. Buddytwo asks for "rassi" the second he wakes up. he even prefers it to fall out boy! and i can listen to raffi all day and not want to shoot myself - which is quite an accomplishment for "children's" music.and in the hopes of upping my visitors im going to post the translated lyrics to les zombis et les loups-garous (zombies and werewolves) 'cause ive googled and gotten nothing! i borrowed corner grocery store from the library and wasnt really paying attention until i caught some words with my super e-l33t high school french. there were no liner notes. so here we go, things in parentheses are only guesses, bold type is the call, regular type is the response, and i cant remember how to type the accent marks. i dont know if this is a french-french song, or a french-canadian song.
Croyez-vous que les zombis (la)? (x4)
les zombis et les loups-garous
Madame Zombi est (les) mechant
Madame Zombi est (les) mechant
Mais sa soeur est plus mechant.
Mais sa soeur est plus mechant.
Oui, sa soeur est plus mechant
Oui, sa soeur est plus mechant
mais sa mere est la plus mechant!
Croyez-vous que les zombis (la)? (x4)
les zombis et les loups-garous
les loups-garous etes (les savage*)
les loups-garous etes (les savage)
mais son frere est plus savage.
mais son frere est plus savage.
oui, son frere est plus savage
oui, son frere est plus savage
mais son pere est la plus savage!
mais son pere est la plus savage!
Croyez-vous que les zombis (la)? (x8)
les zombis et les loups-garous
Translation:
Do you believe in zombies?
Zombies and werewolves
Mrs. Zombie is bad/naughty,
but her sister is worse/naughtier.
Yes, her sister is worse/naughtier
but her mother is the worst/naugthiest!
Do you believe in zombies?
Zombies and werewolves
Werewolves are savage/wild
but his brother is savager/wilder.
Yes, his brother is savager/wilder
but his father is savagest/the wildest!
* personally i do not hear a soft "a." it sounds more like "sew-vage" but all the french interweb dictionaries are giving me bupkiss and "savage" fits the context.
2 comments:
i am so happy to have stumbled upon this entry in your blog! my kids are obsessed with this song and we have been singing it without any idea of what the words meant....and i couldn't find the lyrics translated anywhere. thanks! :)
Thank you for the translation! My kids love the song, but we don't know any French and it's nice to know what we're singing in case someone does understand it. :)
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