...et le Français!

After the children sang, the adults all gathered together (informally) and continued to sing for an hour or so. First in Occitan (as it is still practiced in this corner of France) and then they sang this one, in French, but it still carries the tune and harmonies of the old Occitan songs. In this video, the man in the large sweater is Dennis, to whom I give English lessons, the mayor of Tarbes, wearing the blue tie and suit, and the director of Jean Moulin (when I pan to the right), M Peyrot whose CM2 class I teach and who I think resembles Poppie :)

Vive l'Occitan

Occitan is the original language of southern france. I had the chance to attend an evening of music at the Mairie (town hall) where I saw some of my students from Jean Moulin sing this song about a man who is head over heels in love with a woman who does not want him... in the end he says he will go drown himself over her and she replys, 'well, should you go drown yourself, all you will be is drowned' I got a kick out of it :)