La Sauterelle [The Grasshopper]

Recording: Mary Ellen Callahan, Zara Lawler, and Margaret Kampmeier

Saute, saute, sauterelle,
Car c’est aujourd’hui jeudi.
Je sauterai, nous dit-elle,
Du lundi au samedi.
Saute, saute, sauterelle,
A travers tout le quartier.
Sautez donc, Mademoiselle,
Puisque c’est votre métier.

Jump, jump, grasshopper
For it is Thursday today.
I will jump, she tells us,
From Monday to Saturday.
Jump, jump, grasshopper,
Across the whole neighborhood.
So jump, mademoiselle,
Because it is your job.