la leon franaise

LA LEÇON FRANÇAISE
REVEILLE
A, B, C and one, two, three;
en Français that would be
A, B, C and un, deux, trois.
Letter R is R.
R is hard to say.
Letter U is U.
U is hard, and
J is J.
G is G.
Letter E is E.
W is W.
Essayez toujours.
A, B, C
un, deux, trois.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P
UNSPOKEN
Four, five, six and seven,
eight, nine, ten, eleven.
Dites en Français:
quatre, cinq, six, sept,
huit, neuf, dix, onze.
That's the French, now
parlez Anglais.
When you get to sixty-nine
you next say sixty-ten;
they have no word for seventy.
Study silently.
(instrumental)
As I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
Après soixante-neuf
ensuite soixante-dix.
Study
silently.
LUCKY STROKES
(instrumental)
SOCKS
(instrumental)
Réveillez-vous!
Wake up and say:
Les chaussettes d'Archie Shepp,
sont elles sèches?
Sont elles archi-sèches?
Try to learn some phrases
simpler to say.
Something short and useful, like:
How are you today?
Comment ça va?
Pas mal, et toi?
(instrumental)
Keep it simple. Keep it slow.
Very simple, and very low.
Keep it simple. Speak slowly.
Parlez lentement.
Quelques jours
Someday soon, tôt,
you'll know it.
Vous comprendrez un peu
et puis:
beaucoup.
Pas tomber.
En Anglais:
Try not to fall
asleep.
Speak low.
When you speak love,
you'll know
un peu
et puis:
Sont elles archi-sèches?
ROCK-A-BYE BABY
Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top.
When the wind blows the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
and down will come baby, cradle and all.
STRUCK DUMB
(instrumental)
QUATRE - VINGTS - DIX - NEUF
Let's do numbers en Français.
Ninety nine is tough.
Four times twenty, ten and nine.
Strange.
Quatre-vingts-dix-neuf.
COUP DE GRÂCE
Day's done.
Night's begun.
We have only started learning.
Better keep the candle burning.
Soyez sages.
Bon courage.
(instrumental)
If I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take.