~ Comptines
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La la la la la la la... tada... Quelles chansons aimiez-vous chanter quand
vous étiez petit ?! Et aimez-vous les comptines de Mother Goose ("ma Mère l'Oye") ?!
Nous avons tous croisé un jour les fameux vers entraînants de
"Baa baa black sheep", "Humpty Dumpty", "Hey Diddle Diddle", etc etc.
Franchement, que pensez-vous de ces comptines ?! Quand j'étais petite (oups...
ça fait un bail >_<...) je me demandais parfois pourquoi il y avait
des comptines aussi bizarres et horribles... Vous savez, comme ces vers par exemple :
"When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle, and all"
(si la branche casse, le berceau tombera, et en bas iront, le bébé, le berceau, et tout ça)
<Rock-a-bye Baby>;
"And whipped them all soundly and put them to bed"
(et les mit au lit après une bonne raclée.) <There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe> ?!...
J'en ai déduit que certaines comptines n'avaient pas été écrites pour les enfants;
ou du moins, le but de ces terribles textes était de faire peur ou de garder
trace d'un événement tragique.
Les origines et raisons d'existence des comptines sont une question assez épineuse.
Dans la plupart des cas, elles ont commencé à être publiées entre les 18e et 19e siècles.
Or on trouve des comptines qui datent du temps où Rome gouvernait l'Angleterre et ont survécu
inchangées. Les comptines étaient à l'origine destinées aux adultes, des fables qui portaient
en elles un second sens au-delà de leur côté burlesque.
Dans "Comte Cain", quelques comptines sont reprises. J'aimerais
les inventorier ici - dans certaines pages j'ai même ajouté leur musique ! Si
ces comptines vous intéressent, cliquez sur leur titre pour les lire. Et
seriez-vous prêt aussi à chanter une de ces comptine ?!
Les titres soulignés sont cliquables, cliquez dessus pour lire/chanter les nursery rhymes (comptines) !
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Who killed Cock Robin (version 2)
Among the 3 rhymes applied in Cain series, this rhyme is highly applied
in the story "Who Killed Cock Robin" ! You see, even the story's name is the
same as the rhyme's!! This rhyme is about poor Cock Robin was killed and so,
the animals asked who killed Cock Robin and a serious of questions and answers
are raised and replied in similar manners.
In "Earl Cain" vol. 2 <Who Killed Cock Robin" , the story started with
a mysterious death of a little girl (Cock Robin). This adorable girl's playmates
were killed like the way described from the rhyme "Who Killed Cock Robin".
It seems that the murderer killed according to the rhyme. Is it the Black
Angel who killed those innocent children or.. someone had to do that to hid
his forbiddened, immoral love?! At the end of the story, the murderer himself
was killed as well. But, who killed him? "I", someone smiled and said !
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The rhyme is about good King Arthur has done something foolish
that he baked a pudding and at last, his queen was fried next morning. This rhyme
is not highly applied in "Earl Cain" vol. 2 <Miss Pudding Tragedy>. Only
the tasty dessert , black plums pudding was used as the key of the tragedy?!
For the story summary, I later will write it here, please wait for a while, heeee...
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Oops... I guess "Humpty Dumpty" is the most well-known rhyme among children?!
Do you like this song? As we all know, Humpty Dumpty is
about poor Mr. Egg who had a great fall .. >_<.. and no one can ever
paste his broken shell back >_<... This rhyme inspired the story of
"The Sound of the Youth Birth"
"The Sound of the Youth Birth" tells you the background of Cain. Why Cain's
father hates him so much and how Cain's loyal butler, Lief meets Cain. I think
readers should read this story first as it helps us learn more about Cain.
This story is listed in vol. 2.
N'apparaît dans aucune histoire de
Comte Cain, mais est cité à la fin de "Comte Cain". Assez sympa je trouve,
jetez-y un oeil... heee.
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"Sunday's Solomon Grundy" is a new story after the long disappearance
of "Earl Cain" comic. Yes! Ms. Kaori Yuki is back to Cain's works again! This
story is published in "Hana to Yume" (Flowers & Dreams). It will soon
be recorded in vol. 6 of Earl Cain comic. The story is about a widow who told
a story to Cain in a carriage: The widow tells Cain the story of her husband,
who was born and dead in 6 days - just like the character in the nursery rhyme
"Solomon Grundy". What happened on the husband is exactly the same as "Solmon
Grundy": Born on Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday,
. . . . . . and buried on Sunday.
Lire l'histoire maintenant.
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This rhyme is introduced at the very begining of the story 'The Little Crooked
House' (this title is in fact a line of this rhyme). I think it's not highly
realted to the rhyme, but the "twisted" ideas are applied to the girl character
- Rebecca. Rebecca is a poor beautiful young lame, who lives in a house with
lots of so-alive dolls! Rebecca's background is a tragedy as her mother left
her and even wanted to kill her! By chance, Maryweather (Cain's younger sis)
made friends with Rebecca, who at last force her to stay with her in the Little
Crooked House for good. What is Cain going to do?! Can he save his treasurable
little sister at last?! And, why there are so many 'look alive' dolls in Rebecca's
crooked house?!
Read the story here (under construction, sorry).
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'Black Sheep' one of the latest stories from the new series of Earl Cain -"The
GOD CHILD Chapter". Only the title of the rhyme is used. Except this, the
story is not related to any lines of the rhyme. It is about little Cain and
Riff (or Lief). Cain inherited his father as the Earl. He employed Riff as
the new butler of The Hargreaves'. On the other hand, a new, beautiful French
chambermaid has a crush on Riff. Cain shows the valuable trasures of the Hargeaves
to Riff in a secret room. Cain told Riff the secret key to the family's trasures
is the Black Sheep. When they were talking, the French chambermaid saw that.
She asked Riff met her in the secret room. However, at the end, that French
chambermaid is found dead. The only person with the dead body is Riff. Did
Riff kill that French chambermaid?! And why? Or, the murder is related to
the Black Sheep?! Who is the Black Sheep?! What would Cain do?!
Lire l'histoire maintenant.
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'Sing a song of Sixpence', another well-known mother goose songs, is applied
in the story 'Bloodberry Jam' in GOD CHILD. 'Bloodberry Jam' is a sad story
about a 'kind' grandmother who lost her loved grandmother. This granny is
good at making pie for her granddaugher who never came back. By chance, she
treats Maryweather as her dead granddaughter. Being protected by her 24
blackbirds, this granny lives happily ever after?
Lire l'histoire maintenant.
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Together with 'Sing a song of Sixpence', this rhyme is used in 'Bloodberry
Jam' too! The leading character of 'Bloodbery Jam' is called Georgie Bargie
who is always being called as 'Georgie Porgie' by her great aunite. This Georgie
is going to sell his great auntie's house, can his wicked plan be carried?
Will Cain stop him?
Lire l'histoire maintenant.
N'apparaît dans aucune histoire de Comte Cain, mais son dernier vers est utilisé
comme dernière phrase à la fin des épisodes de God Child !
Cliquez sur le titre pour lire la comptine !
(cette comptine est chantée par Mary, mais l'épisode en lui-même n'a aucun lien avec elle)
Technically speaking, it's not a nursery rhyme, but a jumping rope rhyme, created in 1892 due to the
unsolved murder of Lizzie's parents. The rhyme is sung to Cain by Maryweather in Vol. 2 the story of
'The Tragedy of Miss Pudding, which is being cut into pieces and eaten). Cain told Maryweather that
he didn't know many nursery rhymes because no one sang nor taught him any when he was a child. And so,
Maryweather sung 3 rhymes to Cain and one fo them is "Lizzie Borden".
Cliquez sur le titre pour lire la comptine !
N'apparaît dans aucune histoire de Comte Cain,
mais est mentionné par Kaori Yuki dans le commentaire du volume 2 pour l'épisode de la "Tragédie
de la Miss Pudding Gourmande". Cliquez sur le titre pour lire la comptine !
Mes comptines préférées que je chantais :
Si vous voulez en savoir plus sur les comptines, demandez à votre moteur de
recherche de vous donner un coup de main ! Allez hop ! Heeee. Ces comptines
farfelues vous attendent pour leur tenir compagnie ! Celles listées ici
proviennent de :
Iona and Peter Opie, The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes,
Penguin Group, 1963. ISBN 0-14-030200-X.
NdT : je vous conseille le site bilingue de Mama Lisa
qui répertorie les comptines du monde entier.<