J'ai 10 ans (I am 10 years old !)

[Jean Pierre]

in my bag of French songs, I like this one
"J'ai 10 ans" (I am 10 years old)
the lyrics are Alain Souchon and the music of Laurent Voulzy

Laurent Voulzy is a good guitarist and it is through him in France that I heard the first finguers picking, as in this song

Laurent Voulzy said  himself had inspired bya song of Paul Mac Cartney (for the picking touch) which is called "Bip Bop", her in You Tube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLrF0QjOhDU)

3 guitars (Epiphone Les Paul) and bass JP, drums BIAB

hereFrench lyrics and a very rough translation by google

J'ai dix ans  Je sais que c'est pas vrai  Mais j'ai dix ans Ça fait bientôt quinze ans  Que j'ai dix ans  Laissez-moi rêver   Que j'ai dix ans  Ça parait bizarre mais
Si tu m'crois pas hé Tar' ta gueule à la récré
J'ai dix ans  Je vais à l'école  Et j'entends De belles paroles
Doucement  Moi je rigol'  Au cerf-volant  Je rêve je vole
Si tu m'crois pas hé  Tar' ta gueule à la récré
Le mercredi j'm'balade  Une paille dans ma limonade
Je vais embêter les quilles à la vanille  Et les gars en chocolat
J'ai dix ans Je vis dans des sphères Où les grands N'ont rien à faire
Je vais souvent Dans les montgolfières des géants Et des petits hommes verts
Si tu m'crois pas hé Tar' ta gueule à la récré

bien caché dans ma cabane, je suis l'roi d'la sarbacane
j'envoie des chewing gum machés à tous les vents
j'ai des prix chez les marchands


J'ai dix ans  Des billes plein les poches
J'ai dix ans  Les filles c'est des cloches
j'ai dix ans ça fait bientot 15 ans que j'ai 10 ans
 ça parait bizarre mais...
si tu m'crois pas hey t'are ta gueule à la récré
si tu m'cois pas hey t'are ta gueule à la récré
si tu m'cois pas..... t'are ta gueule.... à la récré
t'are ta gueule  

traduction:
I'm ten years old I know it's not true But I'm ten years old It's been fifteen years now That I'm ten years old Let me dream That I'm ten years It seems odd but
If you do not believe me hey Tar 'ta gueule à la récré
I'm ten I go to school And I hear Beautiful words
I'm Dreaming I'm Goin '
If you do not believe me hey Tar 'ta gueule à la récré
On Wednesday I'm wondering A straw in my lemonade
I'm gonna bother the vanilla keels And the guys in chocolate
I'm ten years old I live in spheres Where big ones Have nothing to do
I go often In the hot air balloons of the giants And small green men
If you do not believe me hey Tar 'ta gueule à la récré

well hidden in my cabin, I am the king of the blowpipe
I send chewing gum machés to all the winds
I have prices at the merchants


I'm 10 years old Marbles in my pockets
I'm 10 years old Girls are bells
I'm 10 years old I've been 10 years
 it seems odd but ...
if you do not believe me hey t'are ta maquette à la récré
if you do not me hey t'are ta jue at the recreation
if you do not me ..... t'are ta gueule .... to the recreation
you're your mouth

PS "t'are ta gueule " is a slang expression   I will break your face at the scool recreation

"les filles sont des cloches " slang approximatively the girls are idiots  

[Groundy]

I like it JP,
The guitar has a Chet Atkins, style, to it.
Nice singing.

Alex

[Oldrottenhead]

tres braw mon ami!

[Jean Pierre]

thanks Alexand James

to administrator:

I would like to remake this song because it is badly stuck on the time
how to remove the thread and replace it with the same revised and corrected ? redo a new thread

[Oldrottenhead]

Once a thread has been commented on it can't be removed, however you can remove the original MP3 and replace that with your revised version.

[bruno]

That was fun. Will show to mrs B who is a fluent french speaker, she will enjoy some French slang :-)
Loved the overall sound of this.
B

[Jean Pierre]

thanks Bruno, friendly

[64Guitars]

thanks Alexand James

to administrator:

I would like to remake this song because it is badly stuck on the time
how to remove the thread and replace it with the same revised and corrected ? redo a new thread

As Oldrottenhead said, topics can't be removed once they have replies. That wouldn't be fair to the people who posted those replies. No member should have the ability to remove messages posted by other members, so topics can only be removed by administrators and we will only do that if there are no replies.

However, as Oldrottenhead said, you can replace the MP3 attachment in your original post. If you're not happy with the original MP3, then there's no point in keeping it, so just remove the attachment and then attach the new MP3 in its place. Here's a guide that shows how to do that:

https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=articles;sa=view;article=16

After you've attached the new version, I would recommend that you reply to your own topic to let people know that you've replaced the MP3 with a new version and to say what you've changed in the recording.

[Jean Pierre]

especially for Bruno    and his friend Mrs B.

the lyrics of this song are special

 the author is put in the shoes of a child of 10 years and speak as a child

les filles sont des cloches litteraly the girls are bells ?!   in fact cloche = Incompetent, left, unkind; nil, shabby, term of contempt, insult,

t'are ta gueule   literaly  you will see your mouth

in fact t'are is a contraction de tu vas voir (you will see)

ta gueule your face

à la récré contraction de school recreation

Je vais souvent Dans les montgolfières des géants Et des petits hommes verts do not look that does not mean it is a fantasy of a child  approximatively traveling in a balloon with Marsiens !!

[The Gobi Desert Canoe Club]

A most enjoyable listen and I love the finger picking style which is a style I really struggle with.   Willie