Cajun Fans! I Need Your Help!

[Alexander]

Does anybody have a transcription and/or translation of the lyrics to "Dans Le Grand Bois" by the Hackberry Ramblers?" My high school French is too rusty...

[Big Beat Steve]

High school French won't get you very far with CAJUN French anyway ...

Will spin the record later today and see if I can make something of it.

[Neal Pomea]

Sounds like this to me:

Moi, j'connais

Ma 'tite fille

T'es la bas dans l'grand bois tout seule

Moi, j'm'en vas dans l'grand bois

Moi, j'm'en vas dans l'grand bois

Avec ma fille

It sounds like avé when we say avec in Cajun French. That is the only difference I can see from Standard French. That and swallowing some syllables like je connais (j'connais), 'tite for petite, l'grand bois for le grand bois, je m'en vas for j'm'en vas.

[AllenLowe]

I always thought that the rule in French pronunciation is that the first, last, and middle syllables are silent.

[Alexander]

Thanks for the help!

[Neal Pomea]

True, but it usually comes with some

Ha Ha Ha

Ho Ho Ho

and a couple of Tra La Las!

[Alexander]

Once again, thanks so much for your help! The post is (finally) up.