Vive le vent - Frenglish Learning

Vive le vent
History / Description
Same tune as Jingle Bells in English (while not a literal translation).
Video links
Mister Toony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AVr25h7cp4 (boring)
Miwiboo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmRxvvu_EXk (not bad, but long)
Imagiers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giiHCaP0wz0 (super short and really fast)
Calciul4556: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgitHLy6cPs (jazzed up)
Music with words across the screen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh2o-IHVYhM
Sheet Music
Making music fun: http://makingmusicfun.net/htm/f_printit_free_printable_sheet_music/jingle-bellspiano-solo.htm
Virtual sheet music: http://www.virtualsheetmusic.com/downloads/JingleBells.html
Worksheet solution
Copy work and drawing – no solution necessary.
Activities
This song is begging to be dramatized! Have the children act out what is happening while you’re singing.
For example, as each thing is mentioned in the song, one child could be the elderly gentleman walking
down the path with his cane. Another could be the wind blowing. Another could be a cheerleader
saying “Vive le vent!”
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Lyrics
French:
English (literal translation, not traditional
lyrics):
Sur le long chemin
Tout blanc de neige blanche
Un vieux monsieur s’avance
Avec sa canne dans la main
Et tout là-haut le vent
Qui siffle dans les branches
Lui souffle la romance
Qu’il chantait petit enfant:
On the long path
All white with white snow
An elderly gentleman is moving forward
With is cane in his hand
And there all up high the wind
That whistles in the branches
Blows to him the sentimental song
That he sang as a little boy
Vive le vent, vive le vent
Vive le vent d’hiver
Qui s’en va soufflant, soufflant
Dans les grands sapins verts
OH! Vive le vent, vive le vent
Vive le vent d’hiver
Boule de neige et jour de l’an et
Bonne Année grand-mère
Hurray for wind, hurray for wind
Hurray for winter’s wind
That goes on blowing, blowing
In the big green fir trees
OH! Hurray for wind, hurray for wind
Hurray for winter’s wind
Snowball and New Year’s Day and
Happy New Year, grandmother
Et le vieux monsieur
Descend vers le village
C’est l’heure où tout est sage
Et l’ombre danse au coin du feu
Mais dans chaque maison
Il flotte un air de fête
Partout la table est prête
Et l’on entend la même chanson
And the elderly gentleman
Goes down toward the village
It’s the time when all is quiet
And the shadow dances near the fire
But in each house
There is a festive atmosphere
Everywhere the table is ready
And we hear the same song
(Repeat chorus)
(Repeat chorus)
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Vive le vent
Copie les mots (copy the words):
le vent
un sapin
boule de neige
All images from Microsoft Word Clip Art
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Vive le vent
Dessine le chemin avec le vieux monsieur et sa canne. Tu peux aussi ajouter les sapins, les
maisons du village, ou n’importe quoi d’autre que tu veux.
Explique ton dessin à un(e) camarade.
Here is the fir tree = Voici le sapin, Voici les maisons, etc.
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