Un Canadien errant

Includes piano backing track

Key: F major

Range: C4 - D5

Pages: 2

Age group: 9 and up

Teaching strategy: Good introduction to singing in French, Canadian history, dynamics and legato phrasing in 3/4 time. The musical form is "AABB" or double-binary with repetitive text.

This beautiful, sentimental and pensive French Canadian folk song about the pain of exile is well known across Canada and has been recorded by many famous folk singers. It is a suitable Teacher’s Choice selection for RCM level 3.