Talk:Sur le pont d'Avignon

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I recall a story I heard that "sur" should really be "sous", and that the whole song refers to a rather macabre story: that in one or other of the various religious conflicts the bridge was used as an elongated gallows, so the "dancing" people were more Strange Fruit ...

Has anyone else heard this version?

Dr Shorthair

[edit] translation issues

Isn't "we all dance" or "everyone dances" a much more natural and better translation of "on y danse"? — David W. Hogg 18:34, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it's for the metre of the song, rather than the most literal transaltion. -Tpacw (talk) 22:15, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Sound clip

Pardon me, but that is a truly dreadful sound clip. It's not at all clear when the song actually starts, and it's a bit confusing. Might be better without it at all? -Tpacw (talk) 22:15, 2 May 2008 (UTC)