While school is out of session, St. Barthélémy's band continues to play! We are deeply grateful to everyone who contributes to St Barthélémy's musicians - from student sponsors to instrument donors and all of our supporters in between! Thanks to each of you, these students can fine-tune their musical talents while building on their academic skill sets and bringing about beautiful melodies within and beyond St Barthélémy! If you're interested in sponsoring a student or supporting the school, click here: https://tinyurl.com/43rfxrc9. If you have instruments to donate, send us a message or email us at info@bethleministry.org! Scroll down to see a clip of the band in action!
Here is a clip of the talented St. Barthélémy band playing Ah ! Les crocodiles (The Crocodile Song) for all of St. Bart's students before the 2023-2024 school year came to an end! Note the youngest students dancing along to the nursery rhyme's tune!
French lyrics and English translation of the song below!
Ah! Les crocodiles
Un crocodile, s'en allant en guerre,
Disait au r'voir à ses petits enfants.
Traînant ses pieds dans la poussière,
Il s'en allait combattr' les éléphants.
REFRAIN (bis)
Ah ! Les cro, cro, cro (bis)
les crocodiles
Sur les bords du Nil, ils sont partis,
N'en parlons plus.
Il fredonnait une march' militaire,
Dont il mâchait les mots à grosses dents.
Quand il ouvrait la gueule tout entière,
On croyait voir ses ennemis dedans.
REFRAIN
Il agitait sa grande queue à l'arrière,
Comme s'il était d'avance triomphant.
Les animaux devant sa mine altière,
Dans les forêts, s'enfuyaient tout tremblants.
REFRAIN
Un éléphant parut : et sur la terre,
Se prépara ce combat de géants.
Mais près de là courait une rivière,
Le crocodile s'y jeta subitement.
REFRAIN
Et tout rempli d'une crainte salutaire,
S'en retourna vers ses petits enfants.
Notre éléphant, d'une trompe plus fière,
Voulut alors accompagner ce chant.
Refrain
Ah ! Les cro, cro, cro (bis)
les crocodiles
Sur les bords du Nil, ils sont partis,
N'en parlons plus.
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The Crocodile Song
Once a crocodile, set off to fight a battle
Taking his sword, he waved his kids goodbye
Off through the dust to join his worthy comrades
Wagging his tail in search of elephants
Oh, the cro-cro-cro, the cro-cro-cro, the crocodiles are
Marching to the Nile to find an elephant to fight
Oh, the cro-cro-cro, the cro-cro-cro, the crocodiles are
Marching up and down to get their rival in their sight
Walking along they sang their battle songs
Chomping the words with lots of shiny teeth
If you could see them walking there so proudly
You wouldn’t want to be their enemy
Oh, the cro-cro-cro, the cro-cro-cro, the crocodiles are
Marching to the Nile to find an elephant to fight
Oh, the cro-cro-cro, the cro-cro-cro, the crocodiles are
Marching up and down to get their rival in their sight
Oh, the cro-cro-cro, the cro-cro-cro, the crocodiles are
Marching to the Nile to find an elephant to fight
Oh, the cro-cro-cro, the cro-cro-cro, the crocodiles are
Marching up and down to get their rival in their sight
Out of the blue, the elephants were waiting
They couldn't wait for the battle to begin
Poor crocodile! It’s better to start running
Into the Nile, a great time for a swim!
Oh, the cro-cro-cro, the cro-cro-cro, the crocodiles are
Marching to the Nile to find an elephant to fight
Oh, the cro-cro-cro, the cro-cro-cro, the crocodiles are
Marching up and down to get a rival in their sight
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