Mon Pere a Fait Batir Maison - World Harmony Chorus
World Harmony Chorus performs "Mon Père A Fait Bâtir Maison", a Québecois grivoise, under the direction of Daniel Steinberg, at the June, 2024 in Mountain View, CA. Choral arrangement by Daniel Steinberg. Crankie by members of the World Harmony Chorus.
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Lyrics:
Mon père a fait bâtir maison
L’a fait bâtir à trois pignons
Sont trois charpentiers qui la font
Le plus jeune c’est mon mignon
Qu’apportes-tu sous ton jupon?
C'est un pâté de trois pigeons
Asseyons-nous et le mangeons
En s’asseyant il fit un bond
Il fit trembler mers et poissons
Et les cailloux qui sont au fond
Translation:
My father had a house built
He had it built with three gables
Three carpenters made it
The youngest is my cutie-pie
What do you bring under your petticoat?
It's a pâté of three pigeons
Let's sit down and eat it
In sitting down, they went at it
It made the seas and fish tremble
And the pebbles that are at the bottom (of the sea)