Today is Quebec's national holiday!
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Today is Quebec's national holiday!
Learn to play Quebec's unofficial national anthem!
There's a midi file here! It's really easy (AND fun) to play on a D whistle. The chorus goes:
B G A HighD
B G A HighE
A C HighE HighD HighD HighD HighD HighD
B G A HighD
B G A HighE
A C HighE HighD G B A G
Here are the lyrics (if anyone's interested!):
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Gens du pays
Le temps que l'on prend pour dire « je t'aime »
C'est le seul qui reste au bout de nos jours
Les voeux que l'on fait, les fleurs que l'on sème
Chacun les récolte en soi-même
Aux beaux jardins du temps qui court
Chorus:
Gens du pays, c'est votre tour
De vous laisser parler d'amour
Le temps de s'aimer, le jour de le dire
Fond comme la neige aux doigts du printemps
Fêtons de nos joies, fêtons de nos rires
Ces yeux où nos regards se mirent
C'est demain que j'avais vingt ans
Gens du pays, c'est votre tour
De vous laisser parler d'amour
Le ruisseau des jours aujourd'hui s'arrête
Et forme un étang où chacun peut voir
Comme en un miroir l'amour qu'il reflète
Pour ces coeurs à qui je souhaite
Le temps de vivre nos espoirs
Gens du pays, c'est votre tour
De vous laisser parler d'amour
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Emilie
There's a midi file here! It's really easy (AND fun) to play on a D whistle. The chorus goes:
B G A HighD
B G A HighE
A C HighE HighD HighD HighD HighD HighD
B G A HighD
B G A HighE
A C HighE HighD G B A G
Here are the lyrics (if anyone's interested!):
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Gens du pays
Le temps que l'on prend pour dire « je t'aime »
C'est le seul qui reste au bout de nos jours
Les voeux que l'on fait, les fleurs que l'on sème
Chacun les récolte en soi-même
Aux beaux jardins du temps qui court
Chorus:
Gens du pays, c'est votre tour
De vous laisser parler d'amour
Le temps de s'aimer, le jour de le dire
Fond comme la neige aux doigts du printemps
Fêtons de nos joies, fêtons de nos rires
Ces yeux où nos regards se mirent
C'est demain que j'avais vingt ans
Gens du pays, c'est votre tour
De vous laisser parler d'amour
Le ruisseau des jours aujourd'hui s'arrête
Et forme un étang où chacun peut voir
Comme en un miroir l'amour qu'il reflète
Pour ces coeurs à qui je souhaite
Le temps de vivre nos espoirs
Gens du pays, c'est votre tour
De vous laisser parler d'amour
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Emilie
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hey Emily,
congratulations and enjoy the day! That's a beautiful national anthem (official or not), both music and lyrics. Après tout: Vivre c'est aimer! Lovely, really. It's exactly the kind of tune that will play on and on in my brain during the sleepless night that I feel coming.
Btw, our own national holiday was yesterday. But you wouldn't care about our anthem, it's so boring.
All you need is LOVE!
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congratulations and enjoy the day! That's a beautiful national anthem (official or not), both music and lyrics. Après tout: Vivre c'est aimer! Lovely, really. It's exactly the kind of tune that will play on and on in my brain during the sleepless night that I feel coming.
Btw, our own national holiday was yesterday. But you wouldn't care about our anthem, it's so boring.
All you need is LOVE!
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It's a secret, Chuck. And you couldn't pronounce it anyway.Chuck_Clark wrote:
Sadly, I must admit great ignorance about Quebec. I'd wish you a Happy _____ Day, but you left out the name of the holiday.
I thought this was the unofficial hym of Quebec:
Un Canadien errant,
Banni de ses foyers, :|
|: Parcourait en pleurant
Des pays étrangers. :|
|: Un jour, triste et pensif,
Assis au bord des flots, :|
|: Au courant fugitif
Il adressa ces mots: :|
|: "Si tu vois mon pays,
Mon pays malheureux, :|
|: Va, dis à mes amis
Que je me souviens d'eux. :|
|: "O jours si pleins d'appas
Vous êtes disparus, :|
|: Et ma patrie, hélas!
Je ne la verrai plus! :|
|: "Non, mais en expirant,
O mon cher Canada! :|
|: Mon regard languissant
Vers toi se portera . . ." :|
This also has the advantage of not being so offensively upbeat. L'amour, forsooth.
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I have mentioned many times to my family (and wife) wanting to name my (still unconceived) son Jean-Baptiste, after my ancestor Jean-Baptiste Therrieault. Everybody thinks it's a joke, but I really do like the name.
Have a happy one, all our Quebecois friends!
Have a happy one, all our Quebecois friends!
Charlie
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Yes, the name of the day is St-Jean-Baptiste, he's the patron saint of Quebec. When my parents were young and Quebec was a REALLY catholic place there were parades where they'd have a blond, curly kid to play the role of St-Jean-Baptiste. He'd walk around the streets with sheep.
There was a big concert in Quebec City yesterday and there'll be one tonight in Montreal. Where I live there's nothing organized, so I guess I'll watch the concert on TV and play the whistle.
Janice: I'm in Rouyn-Noranda, which is 700 km northwest of Montreal. I'm originally from Thetford Mines though, that's between Montreal and Quebec City.
Bloomfield: That was such a depressing anthem. Who wrote it?
Emilie
There was a big concert in Quebec City yesterday and there'll be one tonight in Montreal. Where I live there's nothing organized, so I guess I'll watch the concert on TV and play the whistle.
Janice: I'm in Rouyn-Noranda, which is 700 km northwest of Montreal. I'm originally from Thetford Mines though, that's between Montreal and Quebec City.
Bloomfield: That was such a depressing anthem. Who wrote it?
Emilie