Mon chapeau a quatre bosses
Mon chapeau a quatre bosses
My Hat Has Four Bumps
Chanson mimée
Action Song
(French)
(English)
Mon chapeau, il a quatre bosses
Quatre bosses a mon chapeau,
S'il n'avait pas quatre bosses
Ce n' serait pas mon chapeau.
My hat has four bumps
Four bumps has my hat
If it hadn't four bumps
It wouldn't be my hat.
Notes
Monique wrote me,"We used to sing and make the gestures faster and faster."
Game Instructions
1 On "mon", touch the chest as to indicate "me";
2 On "chapeau", touch the head;
3 On "il a quatre bosses", put out 4 fingers, then put the hand with the 4 streched out fingers on the back of the opposite shoulder, as if touching a bump;
4 On "s'il n'avait pas" wave the forefinger as if to say "no";
5 On "quatre bosses", same as #3;
6 On "ce n'serait pas", same as #4;
7 On "mon", same as #1;
8 On "chapeau", same as #2.
Comments
There is a version of this song in German called "My Hat Has Three Corners". To read the German version click here to go to Mama Lisa's Germany page.
There's also an Indonesian version of this song called "My Hat Is Round". To read the Indonesian version click here to go to Mama Lisa's Indonesia page.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Monique Palomares for contributing and translating this song, for the midi music and the illustration.
Merci beaucoup!
