[Marketing] "Sacré Charlemagne" - lyrics in English

[Ron Feigenblatt]

In part,  I had just written:

>Is the following cute old song, which made
?young France Gall famous, a subtle  ironic
?protest on behalf of a Constructivist
>approach to elementary education?

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH-a22xge-c
> "Sacré Charlemagne"

.>How would the song fare today in France as potential
> Sugar propaganda, Sean?

The language of this mailing list being English,
I realized I should provide a translation of the
lyrics to  "Sacré Charlemagne" - even if it meant
relying upon my always-limited, and now mainly
forgotten French! They follow in the APPENDIX
below.

Ron F

                          APPENDIX -
                    "Sacré Charlemagne"

Who had this crazy idea
To invent the school one day?
Who had this crazy idea
To invent the school one day?
It's... this... sacred Charlemagne
Sacred Charlemagne!

Allow us to live
On Thursdays as on Sundays
Allow us to live
On Thursdays as on Sundays
It's... this... sacred Charlemagne
Sacred Charlemagne!

This son of Pepin the Short
Gives us a lot of trouble
And we have a hundred complaints
Against, against, against him

Who had this crazy idea
To invent the school one day?
Who had this crazy idea
To invent the school one day?
It's... this... sacred Charlemagne
Sacred Charlemagne!

Past participle
4 and 4 makes 8
Lesson of French
Of mathematics
 That of
Homework: Homework
Sacred sacred sacred sacred
sacred Charlemagne!

He should have been stroking
His long flowing beard
He should have been stroking
His long flowing beard
Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne
Sacre Charlemagne!

Instead of boring us
With geography
Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne
Sacre Charlemagne!

He had only to deal
Battles and hunting
We would not be forced
To go to class every day

We must learn to count
And do a lot of dictations
We must learn to count
And do a lot of dictations
Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne
Sacred Charlemagne!

Past participle
4 and 4 makes 8
Lesson of French
Of mathematics
That of: That of - Homework: Homework
Sacred sacred sacred sacred
sacred Charlemagne!

Because without him in our lives
There would be no Thursdays
Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne
Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne
Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne
Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne
Oh! oh! sacred Charlemagne