In part, I had just written: >Is the following cute old song, which made ?young France Gall famous, a subtle ironic ?protest on behalf of a Constructivist >approach to elementary education?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH-a22xge-c > "Sacré Charlemagne" .>How would the song fare today in France as potential > Sugar propaganda, Sean? The language of this mailing list being English, I realized I should provide a translation of the lyrics to "Sacré Charlemagne" - even if it meant relying upon my always-limited, and now mainly forgotten French! They follow in the APPENDIX below. Ron F APPENDIX - "Sacré Charlemagne" Who had this crazy idea To invent the school one day? Who had this crazy idea To invent the school one day? It's... this... sacred Charlemagne Sacred Charlemagne! Allow us to live On Thursdays as on Sundays Allow us to live On Thursdays as on Sundays It's... this... sacred Charlemagne Sacred Charlemagne! This son of Pepin the Short Gives us a lot of trouble And we have a hundred complaints Against, against, against him Who had this crazy idea To invent the school one day? Who had this crazy idea To invent the school one day? It's... this... sacred Charlemagne Sacred Charlemagne! Past participle 4 and 4 makes 8 Lesson of French Of mathematics That of Homework: Homework Sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred Charlemagne! He should have been stroking His long flowing beard He should have been stroking His long flowing beard Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne Sacre Charlemagne! Instead of boring us With geography Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne Sacre Charlemagne! He had only to deal Battles and hunting We would not be forced To go to class every day We must learn to count And do a lot of dictations We must learn to count And do a lot of dictations Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne Sacred Charlemagne! Past participle 4 and 4 makes 8 Lesson of French Of mathematics That of: That of - Homework: Homework Sacred sacred sacred sacred sacred Charlemagne! Because without him in our lives There would be no Thursdays Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing
