113. Chevaliers de la Table Ronde (Traditional French)

[eyquem12]

Nice Job, i'm in scoutism association and we often sing it !

good francophony promotion !!

[raymondcrooke]

@eyquem12 Thanks. I always enjoy singing this song.

[raidenfredh]

Good french. But I really like your English version that sound very Irish !! ;)

Did you translate on your own the lyrics in English ? 'cause I cannot find them on the Web !

[raymondcrooke]

@raidenfredh Yes, it is my own translation.

[francouillard1]

un bon grand bravo pour cette chanson que nous avons tous chanté quand nous étions petits, en esperants que vous me comprenez, continuez ainsi ;)

[raymondcrooke]

@francouillard1 Merci beaucoup.

[jujuantilles971]

Very good french accent, very good version, I like the way you sing it. My father is a fan of you! Congrats!

[raymondcrooke]

@jujuantilles971 Thanks for your comment. I'm sure my accent could be better though.

[13laciotat]

Très bien. Bravo.

[raymondcrooke]

@13laciotat Merci.

[dellsmore]

Absolutely f**cking brilliant. Apologies for the very broad Saxon. :-)

[raymondcrooke]

@dellsmore Glad you liked it.

[JeanMichelDeBarros]

Excellent talent! I am a French teacher in Florida. However,I don't see how I can teach this to my high school students nowadays! I see that your french teacher left you permanent marks. Bonne Chance

[raymondcrooke]

@JeanMichelDeBarros I don't think it did me any harm. No one worried about kids learning a drinking song in those less politically correct times.

[Zolantor]

@raymondcrooke Well, atleast in Norway we're still learning this song :) Sang this song alot last year during french class.

[coolbones]

wow monsieur your accent is very cool!

[Arcaxxs]

This is awesome, I loved it. Cheers from belgium

[raymondcrooke]

@Arcaxxs Thanks for watching. Greetings from Turkey.

[Hero131990]

Hello,

I'm a french boy, this music is quiet good, I think that you did a very good version of the music, because you sing with your heart, and even if your accent is not realy french, i find it very interesting to listen!

I didn't know that there was the english version, it's the first time I eard the lyrics in english, not bad at all!!

[raymondcrooke]

@Hero131990 Thank you. I don't know any English version, so I wrote my own.

[MonikaPeevska]

magnifique :)

[raymondcrooke]

@MonikaPeevska Merci.

[MonikaPeevska]

@raymondcrooke J'ai étudié cette chanson à l'école. Mon français est terrible, mais je sais les paroles de cette chanson par coeur :) Merci pour le partage

[zecle]

y'en a plus, j'ai tout bu !

[lvsitiwdr]

J'aime beaucoup de la musique traditionéle, ce tres jolie ce chanson

[raymondcrooke]

@lvsitiwdr Thank you for watching.

[PATRICELUMUMBAS]

good

[CoolKillerClan]

tu est bon je vien de quebec est dans un bar un gas a jouer le meme ritme

[motunrolarulz]

LOL!!

As if my primary school teacher's taught me a drinking song! Nice one :L :L

[raymondcrooke]

@motunrolarulz They probably do in France! Thanks for watching.

[40keo]

you're incredible!! and you speak with a good accent.

[raymondcrooke]

@40keo Not really. I only sing with a good accent! (And some would dispute that

[raymondcrooke]

@40keo Not really. I only sing with a good accent! (And some would dispute that.)

[poteredonna]

You are great! :DDDD

[raymondcrooke]

@poteredonna Thanks for subscribing.

[andryague]

Tu es fantastique!!! Très bon accent!

Salut

[raymondcrooke]

@andryague  Merci beaucoup.

[mihaivlscn]

@raymondcrooke this song is in our country too! (romania) it was translate!! Grate!

[raymondcrooke]

@mihaivlscn  Glad you enjoyed it.

[cobopaque]

@andryague il sait meme pas parler en francais

[sweetNgrill]

I think this song can't be singing alone. When we hear it with a barbarian noise, the song start to be very great! But... is it me... or... you forgot 2 lines?

"La morale de cette histoire, c'est que les homme, sont tous des cochons!... La morale de cette morale, c'est que les femmes, aiment les cochons!..."

and after this, it's finish with your end.

I don't know if it's because i come from Quebec... But I think this moral is more interesting...and barbarian!

(Hope my English wasn't broke)

[raymondcrooke]

@sweetNgrill Those lines are new to me. Not the way i learnt it at school! When I sing this song live I always get the audience to join it. I agree it's best with many voices.

[TheGreatBlub]

@sweetNgrill

These lines aren't from this song. They come from another french song and may have been added by confusion.

[40keo]

@sweetNgrill it's come from an other song, "la rirette".you can find this song on youtube

sorry for my english, i'm french

[sweetNgrill]

@40keo C'est correct, je suis québéquois!

[230987fr]

hahaha, putain l'accent british du mec !!! 

[DarKjnonoR]

Merci les gens ^^/

[TheClement76]

trop coul

[raymondcrooke]

@TheClement76  Thanks for subscribing.

[Mordadigsjalv]

hey dude this is just awesome !

If someday you go to france send me an email, and we could drink some french wine !

[raymondcrooke]

@Mordadigsjalv Okay. I'll be in France next summer.

[Mordadigsjalv]

@raymondcrooke Okay! Where in france exactly ?

[raymondcrooke]

@Mordadigsjalv Well, Paris for a start, but my wife and I have friends in various regions of France so we will be travelling around quite a bit.

[Mordadigsjalv]

@raymondcrooke okay tell me if you're not to close from toulouse ;) Vive le bon vin dude !

[raymondcrooke]

@Mordadigsjalv Probably not this time, but we spent ten days in Toulouse a few years ago and enjoyed it very much.

[cazzandra86]

c'etait mon naptime song preferee'!

[raymondcrooke]

Interesting choice for a lullaby!

[nols1012]

Bravo !!!!! de la part d'une bourguignonne !!!!

[everuck]

I love you

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for favouriting this video!

[MrLuchenkov]

Excellente performance. Une version moins connue du public, malheureusement.

[raymondcrooke]

Merci beaucoup!

[utilizator333]

I listened several performances and everyone sang in different way.

There are several versions of this song?

[raymondcrooke]

Yes, because it's a folk song!

[katiedid1023]

Awesome job!!!

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you.

[pascal9000]

chante la toune très bien! 5/5

[awarenessis]

The video ended suddenly, but while it was on my heart was glad. Merci.

[raymondcrooke]

Did it stop before the 8 minutes were up? Anyway, I'm glad you liked it.

[alohaoaloha]

Very nice work. I just had to say it again!

[ushuaia55200]

il faut boire du beaujolais 2009. vives la france pays du bon vin.

[raymondcrooke]

I was there once for the beaujolais. Great experience. Thanks for your comments.

[Petrel2]

@ushuaia55200 depuis quand le beaujolais c'est du bon vin?

[zorbazig]

@ushuaia55200 C'est vrai que le 2009 est un excellent crû !... Très fruité, mais l'année a été bonne dans toute la région !

[ushuaia55200]

oui c'est une année chaude ,je pensse qu'il devrai faire partie d'une bonne cuvée. bye

[ushuaia55200]

le beaujolais c'est juste pour faire la fete.

[TheGrimSmile]

XD We learned this in our french class, as well...

Very nice!

[raymondcrooke]

There's surely something subversive about all these French teachers encouraging their students to drink!

[RafRoche]

Excellent !!! It's such a pleasure to hear this song from a non-native! You must have been French in a previous life, you're really singing it "à la française"! Well done, congratulations chevalier!

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you. France is one of my favourite countries, so you may be right.

[mrik21]

Awesome ! definetely awesome !

I'm come from Burgundy (Bourgogne) the region which this song comes from. I used to sing this traditional during harvest with kiwis friends. But i didn't know that was learnt in french lesson in anglo saxon country. pretty nice to learn this excellent drinking song.

All my respect for you guy raymondcrooke....Very good job !

Could you indicate me where i could find the tab of this song ?

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for your comment. I don't have tabs, but the lyrics and chords of all my songs can be found on my website: raymondcrookeDOTcom

Click on "My Folk Songs" and then "Songs From Around the World" and you'll find this one.

[Aa159951]

WE SANG THIS IN FRENCH CLASS TODAY!

[raymondcrooke]

I sang this in French class nearly 50 years ago.

[evrgreeneyes]

I had so much fun listening to this =)

[raymondcrooke]

That's good. I had fun singing it!

[iloverzzzyew]

we just learned this song yesterday in french 1 and its been stuck in my head like all day.!

[raymondcrooke]

It's a pretty catchy song.

[Snickerbocker]

Wow, this brings back memories. I also learned this in grade school. Haven't thought of this song in over 30 years. Thanks for sharing.

[raymondcrooke]

They taught you a drinking song in grade school?!

[Snickerbocker]

This was in a very jockish somewhat Spartan school for boys in the late 70s/early 80s outside of DC. They thought it was a more authentic way to learn the language if they taught us songs, books and even prayers commonly known by French youth.

[elsaidhisane]

un peu trop rapide , mais tres bien joué :)

magnifique :)

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. I've always sung it this fast. It must be the way I learned it from my French teacher many years ago.

[Elessarbzh]

Excellente version, bravo ! Sounds very very good with your accent !

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for your comment.

[jismith1989]

J'aime beaucoup cette chanson.

I was going to post a link to the lyrics in case anyone wants them, as I did, but it wouldn't let me. If you enter the following "80520-Chevaliers-De-La-Table-­Ronde" into Google and click on the first entry though, it'll take you there! (Though remember that, it being a folk song, there's more than one version.)

[raymondcrooke]

The lyrics are also on my website: raymondcrookeDOTcom

under "Songs From Around the World" - including my English translation.

[badeuzz]

Excellente version :)

La meilleure que j'ai pu voir sur youtube :)

Vous etes vraiment doué et c'est vrai que ça rend bien avec votre accent.

Merci pour cette video

[raymondcrooke]

Merci beaucoup.

[FabuleuxFab]

ahah ça rend bien avec l'accent anglais ♫ 5/5!

[raymondcrooke]

Merci, Fabien.

[FabuleuxFab]

merci à vous :)

[jft99]

if you ever come to Montreal I'll pay you a couple of glass of wine at "le Restaurant Bar Le Quartier" down town Montreal.

[raymondcrooke]

Okay. I'll see you there in July next year!

[alohaoaloha]

the guitar is acoustic or classical?

[raymondcrooke]

Not sure what you'd call it, but it doesn't work very well. It was impossible to tune, so I don't use it any more.

[Negagandolos]

You have done a realy great job! I learned this song in school, too; but haven't listened to it quite a while and its just great!

Thanks for this great video!!!

[raymondcrooke]

And thank you for your great comment!

[alohaoaloha]

I just stopped listening to this again. Love it!

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. You're welcome to listen to it as often as you like! : - )

[euhmmm]

you know im french and normally that song isnt teach in school you must learn it by yourself lol or with friends or family :p and its not the official version you got because " la morale de cette histoire" isnt drink before die.. it's the man are all pig and after la morale de cette morale it's women loves pig

[rallymaniac92]

j'ai appris cette chanson a l'academie francaise de virginie (E.U.) il y a quelques semaines.... nos professeurs nous ont donné la chanson. mais c'est drôle!!!! mes amis et moi la chantait pendant le déjeuner a la cafétéria de VCU

[716Buckfast]

A nice accent, but it's very easy to understand ! Your french is really good !

Bonne continuation !

[raymondcrooke]

Merci beaucoup.

[yoodrew]

My sister learned this in her high school French class and sang it often at home in weeks afterwards. I was young and did not know French, but I gleaned that the first line meant "Knights of the round table," so I thought it had something to do with the days of chivalry. I had no idea that this was a drinking song, nor did I know how bawdy some of the verses were -- I suspect that my sister did not learn anything beyond the first verse.

[raymondcrooke]

I think it's great that they are teaching drinking songs at school. I guess anything sounds acceptable in French.

[alohaoaloha]

Magnificent

Magnifique

Magnific

[raymondcrooke]

Many thanks

Merci

Mulţumesc

[jft99]

I'm from Quebec and I like your video a lot! Of course you have an accent but so what.... Next time I open a bottle of wine je vais penser à cette chanson et prendre ma femme sur mes genoux :)

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. It's a very enjoyable song.

[fortress66]

HAHAH je suis québecois et heuuu, c'Est meilleur avec l'accent québécois :)

[Marylandguineapigguy]

I always loved this song! I remember learning it in middle school when I started taking French. I think the accent is fine - very well done, better than the vast majority of English speakers would do! Bien fait!

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. It seems to be a popular one for school French classes. Opinions about my accent vary widely!

[sanmarinocnn]

My God...very bad accent!!!

[roderhautesavoie]

Totally awesome, with a pretty accent!!

I'm suprised, I didn't expect at the beginning this man to sing this French song so well!

Is he American?

[raymondcrooke]

No. I'm Australian.

[genkisword]

goutons voir si le vin est bon

gouton voir, non non

gouton voir, oui oui

[wolverines9]

i love this song!!! we sing it in french class sometimes!

[raymondcrooke]

That's where I learnt it too!

[wolverines9]

haha just my french teacher doesnt play the guitar as well. he plays more of a slower simpler part haha

[skeetbat21]

Mdr

An english guy singing a such traditional french for booze drinker, well done , I m from burgundy come when you want , a bottle is for you in my cellar

[raymondcrooke]

That's good news. Does the offer still apply if I'm not English? (I'm an Aussie.)

[MasterEled]

All us English-speaking folk are the same to the world haha, how much French would you say you retained since you learned it? I want to get more fluent to kind of make up for never meeting my grandmother (French was her native language). I already commented on how much I enjoy your performance of this but, I figure why not say it again? I have this on my bookmarks :)

[raymondcrooke]

I remember very little of my school French. Fortunately I did know my French grandmother, and she was a big help in my final year of French at school. But I barely get by when I'm in France. Thanks for your comments.

[adulescent]

Savoureux comme une bonne bouteille!

[surf1620]

i have a very different version ,

it interest you ?

[raymondcrooke]

I'd be interested to see it. How about posting it as a video response. Or even just give the URL.

[ipefixx]

c'est tres bien chanté! sérieux raymond tu dechires ^^ you roxx dude!

[raymondcrooke]

Merci beaucoup.

[lapin009]

Quel hommage à la chanson française!

Well Done!

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. It's one of the first French songs I ever learned.

[karliegirl10]

...

[raymondcrooke]

!!!

[torasbjoern]

Very well done, Raymond. Do you have the lyrics for the french version?

[raymondcrooke]

The lyrics are on my website - raymondcrookeDOTcom

Click on "My Folk Songs", then "Songs From Europe" and you'll find it.

[torasbjoern]

Thank you very much sir.

[MasterEled]

I really like this, you are very good, could you possibly send me an Mp3 of it for my ipod?

[raymondcrooke]

Sorry. That kind of technology is beyond an old fogey like me.

[televin]

So fun! I learned this song over 35 years ago in high school French and I still remember it - the same lyrics that I learned in 1972! :)

[raymondcrooke]

I learned it about ten years earlier - also in high school French. Never forgotten it.

[Vasiliy1972]

How can you being australian know all those good old european songs?

[raymondcrooke]

Well, I learnt this one in French class when I was at school. And my grandmother was French so that perhaps gave me an interest in European music and culture. Thanks for watching.

[Vasiliy1972]

Someone please tell me the words of the song!

I ve been studied this sond during my visit in Avignon

je adore old french sonds even been russich tough boy.

Oh, this song have an english version

I am dyin' to know the words and harmonics, please, please!

:)

[raymondcrooke]

You'll find the words and chords on my website - raymondcrookeDOTcom

Click on "My Folk Sons", then "Songs From Europe" and you'll find it.

[Vasiliy1972]

Thank alot. you are one of the rare man who keeps this fucking world turning!

[dc5method]

Tres bien! I learned this song in my french 1 class today!

[raymondcrooke]

Good to see they are still teaching it in French classes. It's a fun song.

[wawayat]

Parole no exact

[raymondcrooke]

They're the exact words I learnt at school 45 years ago. Being folk music, there are bound to be changes in the lyrics.

[lapinot21]

La classe !

Bravo !

[BenLunique]

Super bien fait. Vraiment sympa.

A mon tour je vais essayer de l'apprendre en anglais.

Very funly. :-)

[raymondcrooke]

Merci beaucoup.

[sataniks666]

C'est vrai cool de l'avoir sur youtube :D vous gerez monsieur :)

[fossoyeur10]

avec l'accent ca donne un charme terrible a la chanson^^

[TeroEntertainment]

We just learned this in my 2nd year of French in high school. I love this song, but my teacher told us not to tell our parents it was a drinking song (jokingly) and then our principle walked in.;)

Tres Bien.

[raymondcrooke]

Good to know they're still teaching it in French classes!

[LordSeppele]

Genial bravo!

[raymondcrooke]

Merci.

[popokebuster]

I haven't 4gotten my French, your accent is ... horrible

[estellepoussetelle]

BRAVO !!!!

[raymondcrooke]

Merci.

[Jettafun]

Well done Raymond. Just returned from a holiday in Brittany wher they sang this on a boat trip on the river at Dinan. Was hoping to find the words and music here --so thanks very much! John Sugden MBE

[raymondcrooke]

You're welcome.

[angrybees11]

Oddly enough we sang this in middle school.

[xxxscenes]

nice! makes me happy :D