La nouvelle mariée — this requires a little staging

The children arrange themselves in pairs, as at a village wedding, with the Bride and Bridegroom at their head. The whole of the first verse is to be played while the children march in time, arm in arm, the pianist playing with a firm accent, to keep the wedding procession together. The march over, two children step out from the little procession and take their places before the Bride and Bridegroom, and sing — together or separately — Verse 1, 2, 3 and 4. In verse 4, one of the singers, addressing the bride, offers her a small bouquet and makes her a pretty curtsey, handing the bouquet during the last two Unes: "Que tous les vains honneurs Passent comme les fleurs".

Then the two little singers take their places again at the head of the procession, which résumes the march, repeating the whole of the first verse by way of finale.

4. C'est la vieille Mathurine. A little soloist and a chorus of children ail dance round (in threes, or fours, according to the number available) during the refrain: Tintin, tirlintintine, tintin, tirlitintine. In one of my own singing classes, with twenty children, I arrange them thus :

12 boys, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12, link arms and dance Soloist the refrain, tapping the ground with the foot on every first beat without moving from their places ;

j J J zwFz J J p J then they cross the right foot over the left, on the second

tin, tin, tir - lin - tin ti - ne beat, then the left foot over the right, repeating in strict time till the end of the refrain.

Gestures for the various verses:

lst verse "Elle a été si malade" (raise the arms and hands);

2nd verse "De ne plus boire de vin" (commanding gesture with forefinger) ;

3rd verse "La tête sous le robin" (gesture of drinking at the tap with head thrown back);

4,h verse "Qu'on écrive sur ma tombe" (gestures describing the actions mentioned), the last refrain being repeated by ail forming a ring.

5. C'est une fille d'un pauvre homme. This song is equally effective when sung by one voice, or by several, distributed thus:

a) The soloist, who begins verse 1 ;

b) a girl, who takes the part of "Madame" in Verse 2, steps out from the row of children and marches round the room, followed by three other children, who represent lacqueys in Verses 2, 3 and 4 and imitate the action of carrying a book, gloves and cane.

Verse 5 "Rangez-vous donc la canaille" is sung by the lacquey with the cane. He prétends to push aside the crowd that closes in on "Madame", who goes into church and takes her seat.

Verse 6 is sung by the soloist of the first verse.

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Verse 7 is sung by "Madame".

Verse 8 is sung by the soloist.

Verse 9 is sung by the soloist, while "Madame" prétends to throw down her mirror

and burst into tears; Verses 10, 11, 12 are sung by the soloist, addressing "Madame". The song comes

to an end with the refrain sung by ail as they dance round.