This post is mainly for the benefit of my Fox Hollow French School cohort (that's right, we had none of this “Charlemagne” nonsense; we didn't need a snooty name to know that we were better than other children), but perhaps it will be interesting to others who are just curious about the strange influences that shaped my childhood.
For years, I've been carting around a bunch of cassette tapes from my youth. Mostly I ignore them except to feel that I have to keep them out of vague sentimental attachment, but there is one that I have periodically rediscovered and always had to listen to immediately: the tape of French songs from 2nd grade, which miraculously has not been lost or destroyed along the way. Each time I've though that it was a shame that they weren't easier to listen to, so finally something had to be done.
And so, for your listening pleasure: the songs of 2nd grade French, converted to MP3s. I did my best to clean up the sound, but there's only so much that can be done with a 20-year cassette that was a home-made copy to start with. Still, what they lack in audio fidelty, they more than make up for in nostalgia; if you grew up with these songs, I'd be willing to bet that you'll find yourself singing along at some point—à moins que tu aies dans les oreilles deux gros haricots!
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