X:1281
T: Alouette
O: French Canadian Folk Song
%R: air, _
B: "The Golden Book of Favorite Songs", 1923
S: https://ia802507.us.archive.org/33/items/goldenbookoffavo00beat_0/goldenbookoffavo00beat_0.pdf
Z: 2020 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/GoldenBookOfFavoriteSongs/1281_Alouette.abc 2025-03-13 213521 UT
K: Ab
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V: 1 brace=2
V: 2 clef=bass middle=D
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[V:1][| [A3E3][BE] [c2A2][c2A2] | [BG]>[AA] [GB]>[cG] [A2E2][E2] |[A3E3][BE] [c2A2][c2A2] | [BG]>[AA] [BG]>[cG] "^FINE"[A4A4] |]
w: 1.~ A-lou-et-te, gentile A-lou-et-te, A-lou-et-te, Je te plu-me-rae.
w: 2.~ A-lou-et-te, gentile A-lou-et-te, A-lou-et-te, Je te plu-me-rae.
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w: 1.~Je te plu-me-rai la tete, Je te plu-me-rai la tete, Et la tete, "Oh!"
w: 2.~Je te plu-me-rai la tete, Je te plu-me-rai la tete, Et la bec, *
w: | | | Et la tete, *
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w: | | | 1.~Et la tete. *
w: | | | 2.~Et la bec. *
w: | | | Et la tete, *
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%%text 3. Le nez. 4. Le dos. 5. Les Pattes. 6.Le cou.
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%% In the measure before the Oh!, and the D.C. where whe women's voices are echoed by the men's,
%% a word is added as each verse is sung and the words of preceding verses are sung in reverse order.
%% Thus, in the last verse, the duet between women and men would run as follows:
%% Et le cou, et le cou; et les pattes, et les pattes; et le dos, et le dos;
%% et le nez, et le nez; et la bec, et la bec; et la tete, et la tete; Oh!
%% and then back to the beginning to the Fine.
%%endtext