QUEBEC-RESEARCH-L Archives

Archiver > QUEBEC-RESEARCH > 2009-12 > 1261169512


From: "FRANCOISE SEGUIN" <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] question about a christmas tradition!
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:51:52 -0500
References: <CCEOJBBOBIEELIPNIKCNOECKFGAB.rcummi1123@rogers.com>


That's it Rene I new the name but not how to sing it.. Thanks Now you are bringing back very old
memories. the Guignolee would come to the house just before Christmas and sing Christmas carols and
have a drink. then move on to the next house, by the end of the evening they were not felling any
pain, "As they say"
A good thing they were walking.. Fran
----- Original Message -----
From: "Renee Cummings" <>
To: "tremblay" <>; <>
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Q-R] question about a christmas tradition!


> It's call La Guignolee
> The chorus of song went something like this
> La Guignolee la guignoloche metter du lard de dans nos poches
> si vous n'en mettez pas ont prendra votre fille ainee
>
> The song is quite long but it's what I remember hearing when they came to
> our doors wearing red mittens,red tuque and ringing bells, some of my
> brothers used to take park in that collection. it was a fun night for them.
> "La Guignolee la guignoloche put some lard in our pockets if you wont give
> us any we will take our oldest daughter" It's hard to translate-(
>
> You can do a google for "Chanson de la guignolee"
> Bonne chance
> Renee
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:]On Behalf Of tremblay
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 9:20 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Q-R] question about a christmas tradition!
>
>
> I wonder if anyone remember
> in about the 1940. around christmas now I am talking about a sleigh
> drown by horses, men would go around collecting donation for poor family and
> they would sing
>
> Anyone remember the song.
> Gisele
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto:
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm
> -------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to
> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the
> quotes in the subject and the body of the message
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto:
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm
> -------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to with
> the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This thread: