Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Why not have a go at singing the French version?
Oh, what a night! Lyrics are not quite the same in French. Have a listen.
Many a Bac (equivalent of A-Levels) student has quivered at the sight of Victor Hugo’s name on the test paper… how will you fare with this 19th century poem?
Did you know that “La Marseillaise”, France’s national anthem, was actually composed in Strasbourg in 1792, not in Marseilles as we might assume?
At the end of WW2I, the BBC used the opening lines of this poem to signal the start of D-Day operations.
Un type rentre dans un bar…..
Claude Francois was an Egyptian-born French pop singer, songwriter and dancer, who wrote and composed “Comme d’habitude”, the original version of “My Way”.
House of the Rising Sun or Le Pénitencier, sung here in French by Johnny Hallyday
Test Your French. Good to see that the Gendarmerie des Pyrénées-Orientales have a sense of humour.
Test your French with our unbelievably bad joke about Lucien and his unsuccessful search for l’oiseau rare (Mrs. Right)