Alouette - wtf

OK remember that song you used to sing?

That french little ditty you used to know and had no idea what it meant?

Alouette, gentille Alouette

 

 

 Yeah, that one... it was in a commercial today so I decided to look up what it meant.

 

Yeah.. it was weirdly disturbing:

Alouette, gentille Alouette

Lark, nice lark

Alouette, je te plumerai

Lark, I shall pluck you

Naturally, the literal English translation does not match up well with the meter of the song, so a slightly less literal (but more singable) version would be:

Little skylark, lovely little skylark

Little lark, I'll pluck your feathers off

I’ll pluck the feathers off your head

I’ll pluck the feathers off your head

Off your head - off your head

Little lark, little lark

*sigh*

I have to stop looking crap up.