Sing Like a Fiddle
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| Title: | Sing Like a Fiddle |
| Creator: | Andrea Menard |
| Subject: | Michif, Songs, Andrea Menard |
| Description: | Sing Like a Fiddle is a fun community song. It is a throwback to community dances where all the furniture is moved out and everyone is gathered in one room around the fiddle. The song pokes fun at that one tipsy relative, who wishes they could do what the fiddler does.
Sing Like a Fiddle Introduction: Sing Like a Fiddle by Andrea Menard (translated by Paul Chartrand) J’emrassa chanti comb ayn veyalon (I would like to sing like a fiddle) Pour faire dansii toul’ monde (I could make the people dance.) Apres aynp’chi coo ji joura dsu mon coo (After a little drink I’d play on my neck) Daboor omni moin ayn ott ronde (Therefore bring me another round) J’emrassa chanti comb ayn veyalon (I would like to sing like a fiddle) Pour faire dansii toul’ monde (To make all the people dance.) Tout lee pee sa vu aynk jigi (All the feet all they want to do is jig) Daboor toul’ monde levii vous v’ni dansii (Therefore all the people get up, come & dance) Ipi omni mwayn ayn ott ronde (And get me another round Dzig dziga dziga dziga dzig Dzig dsigidsiga dziga dzig dzig Dzig dziga dziga dziga dzig English Version Oh I wish that I could sing like a fiddle So I could make the people dance. I’d rosin my bow on the chords of my throat If they’d only give me half a chance! I wish that I could sing like a fiddle So I could make the people dance. I’d get all of their feet jigging in the heat Cuz there’s nothing better than a fiddle on repeat If they’d only give me half a chance. |
| Publisher: | Gabriel Dumont Institute |
| Date: | 2022 |
| Type: | Audio |
| Format: | .mp3 |
| Language: | Michif, English |
| Date of Copyright: | November 10, 2022 |
| GDI Media Filename: | 09_Sing_Like_a_Fiddle.mp3 |
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