Alouette Gentille Alouette – French song

Alouette gentille alouette - Translation in English

a lark = une alouette

une alouette = a lark

Alouette Gentille Alouette is an amazingly popular French children’s song about plucking the feathers from a lark. 

Alouette Gentille Alouette is an excellent nursery rhyme that will help you develop your listening skills and learn the names in French of different body parts.

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Alouette, gentille alouette. - French With Translation in English

Refrain
Alouette, gentille alouette,
Alouette, je te plumerai.

Translation

Chorus
Lark, nice lark,
Lark, I’ll pluck you.

Je te plumerai la tête,
Je te plumerai la tête
Et la tête, et la tête
Alouette, Alouette !
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(Refrain)

Translation

I’ll pluck your head,
I’ll pluck your head
And your head, and your head
Lark, lark!
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(chorus)

Je te plumerai le bec,
Je te plumerai le bec,
Et le bec, et le bec,
Et la tête, et la tête

Alouette, Alouette !
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(Refrain)

Translation

I’ll pluck your beak
I’ll pluck your beak
And your beak, and your beak,

And your head, and your head.
Lark, lark!
Oh! oh! oh! oh!
(chorus)

Je te plumerai le cou,
Je te plumerai le cou,
Et le cou, et le cou
Et le bec, et le bec
Et la tête, et la tête
Alouette, Alouette !
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(Refrain)

Translation

I’ll pluck your neck,
I’ll pluck your neck
And your neck, and your neck
And your beak, and your beak,
And your head, and your head,
Lark, lark!
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(chorus)

Je te plumerai les ailes,
Je te plumerai les ailes,
Et les ailes, et les ailes
Et le cou, et le cou
Et le bec, et le bec
Et la tête, et la tête
Alouette, Alouette !
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(Refrain)

Translation

I’ll pluck your wings,
I'll pluck your wings,
And your wings, and your wings,
And your neck, and your neck

And your beak, and your beak,
And your head, and your head,
Lark, lark!
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(chorus)

Je te plumerai le dos,
Je te plumerai le dos,
Et le dos, et le dos
Et les ailes, et les ailes
Et le cou, et le cou
Et le bec, et le bec
Et la tête, et la tête
Alouette, Alouette !
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(Refrain)

Translation

I’ll pluck your back,
I'll pluck your back,
And your back, and your back,
And your wings, and your wings,

And your neck, and your neck,
And your beak, and your beak
And your head, and your head
Lark, lark!
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(chorus)

Je te plumerai les pattes,
Je te plumerai les pattes,

Et les pattes, et les pattes,
Et le dos, et le dos
Et les ailes, et les ailes,
Et le cou, et le cou
Et le bec, et le bec
Et la tête, et la tête
Alouette, Alouette !
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(Refrain)

Translation

I’ll pluck your feet,
I’ll pluck your feet,
And your feet, and your feet

And your back, and your back,
And your wings, and your wings,
And your neck, and your neck

And your beak, and your beak
And your beak, and your head,
Lark, lark!
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(chorus)

Je te plumerai la queue,
Je te plumerai la queue,

Et la queue, et la queue
Et les pattes, et les pattes,
Et le dos, et le dos
Et les ailes, et les ailes,
Et le cou, et le cou
Et le bec, et le bec
Et la tête, et la tête
Alouette, Alouette !
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh ! ooooh!
Refrain)

Translation

I’ll pluck your tail,
I’ll pluck your tail

And your tail, and your tail,
And your feet, and your feet,

And your back, and your back,
And your wings, and your wings
And your neck, and your neck,
And your beak, and your beak,

And your head, and your head
Lark, lark!
Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh !
(chorus)

Vocabulary Notes:

le bec = the beak
les yeux = the eyes
la tête = the head
le cou = the neck

les ailes = the wings
le dos = the back
les pattes = the feet
la queue = the tail

Alouette gentille alouette French song- a lark- une alouette

a lark = une alouette

alouette

une alouette = a lark

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