Dominique, notre père, combattit les albigeois

Were any of you Singing Nun fans?  That line in an otherwise cheerful ditty always made me think of Albigensians locked up in a church and burned.



À l'époque où Jean Sans Terre
D'angleterre était le roi
Dominique, notre père, combattit les albigeois

10 comments:

  1. Why do I keep picturing Sally Field?

    Brilliant send up, BTW. I'm stealing it.

    Cousin Eddie

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  2. I'm always delighted when a French expression is so readily readable. But of course, this one is old; it's contemporary turns of phrase and idioms that I usually can't quite make out.

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  3. I keep seeing "Dominque" in my Youtube feed, so I assume that is what happened to you as well. I never bothered with the translation or the reference at the time. Good times.

    @ Narr - "Flying Nun." It seems a natural association, especially as the TV show was likely influenced by the popularity of nuns in popular music, of all things.

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  4. I know-- for persons of a certain age, it's inescapable.

    Cousin Eddie

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  5. I can just barely remember "The Flying Nun," with Sally Field as Sister Bertrille, and even better a satire from somewhere--probably Mad Magazine?--about "Sister Brazil, the Flying Nut."

    I still have a copy of the "Soeur Sourire" album and listen to it often.

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  6. It was still in syndication on UHF when I was young. Along with Star Trek and Petticoat Junction, which are of the same era.

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  7. I think you can catch it on 'Me' TV. Channel that shows all the oldies going back to the 50's.

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  8. Speaking for myself, there are few--at the moment I can't think of any--old TV shows I would care to watch again. BBC America is running Star Trek TNG and DS9 all the time--did I actually watch that stuff? (Yes, yes I did, time I'll never get back.)

    Speaking of the BBC, they just did a story about the return of Turkey to the Eurovision Song contest (praise Allah!) Is there anything more ridiculous than European pop music?

    Cousin Eddie

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  9. Anonymous2:05 PM

    No, no, no, no, NO. Singing Nuns are Good.
    Please discard the image of Burning nuns,,,,,,

    Hildegard of Bingen, Spiritus Sanctus
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJEfyZSvg5c

    Gregorian Chant Songs by Nuns of St. Cecilia's Abbey
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng4akGvO_nk
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    Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYhfQwxnYw0&list=PLCxTgkhMKRzJs0GfLM15oI5_x79P97arn9


    Greg

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  10. Speaking for myself, there are few--at the moment I can't think of any--old TV shows I would care to watch again.

    Some years ago I watched the TV show "Maverick" when it was available for free online. I remember being surprised at how good it was. That's not universal for '50s Western television, of course.

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