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1. solosater wrote: Fais do do, Colas mon petit frere Fais do do, t'auras du lolo. Maman est en haut, Elle fait des gateaux Papa est en bas, Il fait du chocolat. Fais do do, Colas mon petit frere Fais do do, t'auras du lolo. |
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2. solosater wrote: Go to sleep, Colas, my little brother, Go to sleep, and you'll have a treat. Mama is upstairs making cakes, Papa is downstairs making chocolate. Go to sleep, Colas, my little brother, Go to sleep, and you'll have a treat. |
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3. solosater wrote: This made me sad. It sounds to good to be true. I think they are alone and he's trying to console his baby brother and himself with sweet promises that won't be kept. |
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4. solosater wrote: 'course I could just be hormonal... |
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5. Baldur wrote: solosater, this is rather like a dollhouse, very intriguing. Do you knowe how the phrase 'fais do do' relates to a 'dance' in New Orleans. I never quite understood that. |
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6. Baldur wrote: Well I went to Wikipedia for my answer, which I should have done ages ago. Never mind |
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7. Baldur wrote: -e=know |
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8. belladonnis wrote: No I dont think you are hormonal. This is some what sad. Almost as if he is in fear of his baby brother upsetting his parents and what the out come could be. I agree with Baldur it does resemble a dollhouse that a child would play with. Intriguing yes. |
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9. solosater wrote: I thought the candy theme was perfect for this. The sticky sweetness of it in contrast to what I here in the song. I'm glad you don't think I'm crazy, I AM but I'm glad you don't think so;-) |
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10. solosater wrote: Baldur, that was a question I had too for some reason I was thinking you'd comment on it and fill us all in. So? |
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11. solosater wrote: Per wiki: Fais do-do is a name for a Cajun dance party, originating before World War II. According to Mark Humphrey the parties were named for "the gentle command ('go to sleep') young mothers offered bawling infants."[1] He quotes early Cajun musician Ed |
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12. solosater wrote: He quotes early Cajun musician Edwin Duhon of the Hackberry Ramblers, "She'd go to the cry room, give the baby a nipple and say, 'Fais do-do.' She'd want the baby to go to sleep fast, 'cause she's worried about her husband dancing with somebody else out t |
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13. solosater wrote: out there" |
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14. belladonnis wrote: Wow your feelings on the song are dead on. The parents mor concerned with themselves instead of their children! What a way to really dive into this challenge! |
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15. Normal wrote: Another one I remember from my lullaby-collecting period of 45 yrs ago. Thanks! |
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