Alouette/Little Skylark

Recital time for my piano students is coming up very soon. I've planned for my students to perform this year at a local nursing/retirement home. The kids will be playing music from the 30s & 40s while their parents will serve refreshments to the residents. Everyone is looking forward to it.

I have had no trouble finding music from the period for my older students, but the little ones...that's another story. Little Ka'rrin has just begun studying piano a few months ago. She wanted to know if she might be able to play Alouette for the recital. Ka'rrin is a precocious cutie pie so I told her I'd check on it.

I think I can stretch the song as far as the time period, but the words...oh, my. I never knew what the song was about. I mean, I don't speak French, but while researching it I found the translation. The meter will be off because this is the literal translation, but again, oh my!

Little skylark, lovely little skylark
Little lark, I will pluck your feathers off
I’ll pluck the feathers off your head
I’ll pluck the feathers off your head
Off your head - off your head
Little lark, little lark
O-o-o-o-oh

And adding:

Off your beak
Off your neck
Off your wings
Off your back
Off your legs
Off your tail

If you knew Ka'rrin you'd know this song might just very well be perfect for her :o)