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French Gypsy Manouche - Les yeux noirs & Thomas Dutronc

I have just begun to listen to this music. In France they call it Manouche, the gypsy swing guitar made famous by Django Reinhardt. This video is a fantastic showcase of some the best players of this genre and the track is "les yeux noirs". 

In a more current context, here are some other tracks in this style whose lyrics might be useable in classwork by Thomas Dutronc, son of Jacques Dutronc.

Lyrics: Comme un manouche sans guitare   Video

You could follow it up with work on other similes using

 "Comme un / une ..... sans ..."

Lyrics: Au cafe du temps perdu

Language focus: perfect, imperfect, pluperfect, past continuous tenses

Lyrics: J'aime plus Paris

The language focus here is more to do with the topic as the song lists all the reasons he wants to escape city life.

Lyrics : Jeune je ne savais rien   Video

Language Focus: perfect , imperfect tenses

New Year song

I know that this is a little tardy but thought that I would put it out there as I think it is a really good song. I found this on Youtube from a band called la compagnie creole.

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The song is sung really fast so I have slowed the chorus down

Here is the slowed chorus to download

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and the chorus lyrics

Bonne année
Meilleurs souhaits
La joie dans les coeurs

Bonne année
Meilleurs souhaits
Santé et bonheur

Que l'année nouvelle
soit la plus belle
des plus belles

Bonne année
Meilleurs souhaits
Amour chance et succès

and finally here is a smart board file for the New Year and work on months. There are text reveal boxes for the months - guess the month

and calendar pages for each month where pupils have to guess the birthday. The movable circle at the top is to slide under the 'avant 'apres' titles to indicate that they have to guess before or after the date they have chosen.

Download Smartboard file