Laissez passer les petits enfants
Kids will often make a train and go around singing this song in a little group in preschool in France...
Laissez passer les petits enfants
Let the Little Children Pass By
Chanson enfantine
Children's Song
(French)
(English)
Laissez passer les petits enfants,
Qui s'en vont voir leur maman aux champs.
Laissez passer les petits enfants,
Qui s'en vont voir leur maman aux champs.
Let the little children pass by,
They're going to see their moms in the fields.
Let the little children pass by,
They're going to see their moms in the fields.
Notes
Alternate Version:
"Laissez passer les petits Saint Jean
Qui s'en vont chercher (or Qui vont chercher) leur maman aux champs."
English Translation:
Let the little St. Johns pass by,
They're going to get (or Who are getting) their moms in the fields.
Sheet Music
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Edit' Dupont for contributing and singing this song for Mama Lisa's World. Thanks to Monique Palomares for the English translation and the midi tune. (Translated by Monique and Mama Lisa.)
Merci beaucoup!