Saturday, January 4, 2020

Entre le Bœuf et l'âne Gris

Tonight, you are getting an old French Carol-- the tune of which I have been passingly familiar with for some years now, though I had no idea it was a Christmas song. According to several sources (see here, here, and here) it is one of the the oldest Christmas carols in existence. It is quite a charming song, with the sort of simple-yet-profound lyrics that I tend to favour. I like the children's choir in this version - children's voices seem particularly suited to this carol - and I like the fact that the translation plays on the video in time to the music: 


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