Cauderòt s'i lèva
This song is in the Gascon dialect.
Cauderòt s'i lèva
Little Cauldron Gets Up
Circle Game
Circle Game
(Occitan)
(English)
Cauderòt s'i lèva
Per un diluns doç
Cauderòt vira, vira
Per un diluns doç
Cauderòt viratz-vos.
S'aquò'vs desarrenga
Ve'n torn'ratz tà vos
Cauderòt vira, vira
Ve'n torn'ratz tà vos
Cauderòt viratz-vos.
Little cauldron gets up
On a mild Monday
Little cauldron turn, turn
On a mild Monday
Little cauldron turn around.
If it bothers you
You'll get back home
Little cauldron turn, turn
You'll get back home
Little cauldron turn around.
Notes
The song goes on enumerating the days of the week, i.e. dimarts, dimècres, dijaus, divés, dissabte, dimenge.
Game Instructions
On the first musical phrase, the children sing while walking in a circle. Then on the second one, the leader and his/her partner on the left separate and walk out of the circle, his/her end of the chain following him/her until they meet again and the round goes on, the children with their backs to the center. They do the same movement on the second verse, so they resume their initial position at the end.
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!
