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From:  "Elizabeth Finkler" <mightymezzo@h...>
Date:  Mon Feb 4, 2002  7:25 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Rather Off Topic But Still Musical: Alouette

I remember when I learned the song seeing it illustrated with a drawing of a
couple in c.1900 clothes in a rowboat. The woman is wearing a big hat with
LOTS of feathers. Maybe it's all a little metaphor for courtship and
marriage.

Or, you could just go with "Cielito Lindo."

Liz
mightymezzo@h...


>From: leskayc@a...
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>In a message dated 2/3/02 4:38:00 PM Central Standard Time,
>anjou@t... writes:
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> > Leslie,
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> > It is a lark.
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> > Margaret
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> > > So like, does this mean that Alouette is a chicken?
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>I have been singing that song for over 40 years and never really knew what
>it
>meant--even though I studied French as a child for several
>years............I
>am so happy that it finally makes sense!!! ;+)
>
>Merci,
>Leslie
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