A2 · Episode 13 · 3:41

Ladybug, Miss Ladybug

A playful French children's song that uses repetition, onomatopoeia, and vivid imagery to depict a ladybug flying through the sky.

Source:LE REGARD SONORE · License:CC BY 3.0

Transcript

  1. Coccinelle demoiselle, vole jusqu'aux cieux.

    Ladybug, miss, fly up to the sky.

  2. Petit poing rouge et le

    Tiny red fist, and...

  3. Petits points noirs, coqs et naines, au revoir.

    Little black spots, roosters and dwarfs—goodbye!

  4. Coccinelle, demoiselle, bête à bon Dieu.

    Ladybug, miss, God’s blessed little creature.

  5. coccinelle demoiselle vole jusqu'aux cieux

    Ladybug, miss, fly up to the sky.

  6. petit pois blanc Point rouge.

    Little white pea, red dot.

  7. jusqu'au ciel, petit point blanc.

    Up to the sky, little white dot.

  8. Petit point noir comme ces notes.

    Little black dot, just like these musical notes.

  9. Petit pois blanc.

    Little white dot.

  10. Les points rouges.

    The red dots.

  11. Petit point noir, coq sénèl, au revoir.

    Little black dot, Miss Rooster—goodbye.

  12. Cousine demoiselle, belle,

    Cousin miss, beautiful,

  13. bonne. Petit point blanc.

    kind. Little white dot.

  14. Petit point noir comme ses nerfs

    Little black dot, like her nerves.

  15. Petits points noirs coincés nas aux lourdes

    Little black dots, squeezed into the heavy...