Tombèt son mochador
This game is played by boys and girls.
This song is in the North-Occitan dialect.
Tombèt son mochador
She Dropped Her Handkerchief
Drop the Handkerchief Game
Drop the Handkerchief Game
(Occitan)
(English)
Tombèt son mochador
E lanlà driretulà
Dins la valsa jolia
Mirlanlirà
Dins la valsa jolia
Mirlanlà.
She dropped her handkerchief
And lanla driretula
In a nice joyful waltz
Mirlanlira
In a nice joyful waltz
Mirlanla.
Notes
The English translation is singable.
Game Instructions
The children sit in a circle. A child previously chosen goes round outside of the circle holding a handkerchief while the others sing endlessly. He must drop the handkerchief behind another kid's back on the sly and start running. The child who received the handkerchief must catch him/her before he sits at his/her place. If s/he fails, s/he's the one to go round the circle.
Comments
It's what we call "the mailman game".
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Éliane Gauzit for allowing us to use this circle game song from her book "Faridondeta revira-te" Ed. Atlantica 2005 and to Monique Palomares for translating it.
Mercé plan!
