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What'll we do with the baby-o?
What'll we do with the baby?
What'll we do with the baby-o?

Wrap him up in a tablecloth
Throw him up in the old hayloft
That's what we do with the baby
That's what we do with the baby-o

Every time the baby grins,
Give my baby another bottle of gin
That's what we do with the baby
That's what we do with the baby-o

Every time the baby cries
Stick my finger in the babies eyes
That's what we do with the baby
That's what we do with the baby-o

Il m’a dit: Si tu veux, on va jouer
Attention, mon ami, mon ami
La main droite va commencer
J’ai vu Coco, Coco le petit singe

Avec les pieds c'est comme ça. Quois? C'est comme ça. Comment? Comment? Comment? Comme ça.

Le bon roi
Le roi Dagobert a
Le bon roi Dagobert
A mis sa culotte à l'envers

Et quand c'était là dit mon pere va dommage

J’ai vu Coco, Coco le petit singe
Hier au zoo de Toronto dans sa p’tite cage
Il m’a dit: Si tu veux, on va jouer
Attention mon ami, mon ami
Fa la la la la la la

A mis sa culotte à l'envers
On chant un petit peu
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vulgar On Feb 02, 2007
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The full lyrics sung here to Baby-o are

What'll we do with the baby-o? What'll we do with the baby? What'll we do with the baby-o?

Wrap him up in a tablecloth Throw him up in the old hayloft That's what we do with the baby That's what we do with the baby-o

Every time the baby grins, Give my baby another bottle of gin That's what we do with the baby That's what we do with the baby-o

Every time the baby cries Stick my finger in the babies eyes That's what we do with the baby That's what we do with the baby-o

Also, in the movement 'Attention...Mon Ami...Fa-Lala-Lala-La-La...', are the kids chanting in Afrikaans? I'm pretty sure that its a dutch based language.

Cover art for Antennas to Heaven lyrics by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Very powerful song. The kids are singing in french, something like this:

"Attention, mon ami, il m'a dit, si tu veux on va jouer il m'a dit, si tu veux on va jouer Attention, mon ami, mon ami Avec les pieds c'est comme ça. Comment comment ? Comme ça. Le bon roi... Le roi dagobert à... Le roi dagobert à mis ses culotte à l'envers mais comme c'était qu'un idiot. Cococo le petit singe, hier au tôt, au tôt dans sa petite cage, il m'a dit, si tu veux on va jouer, attention, mon ami, mon ami, balalalalalala. Le roi dagobert à mis ses culottes a l'envers. On chante un petit peu de Titanic: sol fa sol [...]"

It does not mean much, they sing various children songs.

Still though, that translated is:

Be careful, my friend, he told me, if you want we will play he told me, if you want we will play Be careful, my friend, my friend With feet that's how. How how? Like that. The good king ... King dagobert to ... King dagobert to put his pants on backwards but as it was an idiot. CoCoCo the monkey, early yesterday, the earlier in his little cage, he told me, if you want we will play, attention, my friend, my friend, balalalalalala. King dagobert to put her panties in reverse. We sing a little Titanic: sol fa sol...

Cover art for Antennas to Heaven lyrics by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Movements:

  1. moya sings "baby-o"... [00:00 - 01:00]
  2. edgyswingsetacid [01:00 - 01:58]
  3. [glockenspiel duet recorded on a campsite in rhinebeck, n.y.] [01:58 - 02:45]
  4. "attention...mon ami...fa-lala-lala-la-la..." [55-St.Laurent] [02:45 - 04:03]
  5. she dreamt she was a bulldozer, she dreamt she was alone in an empty field [04:03 - 13:46]
  6. deathkamp drone [13:46 - 16:55]
  7. [antennas to heaven...] [16:55 - 18:57]
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Does that dude sing in I. Moya Sings "Baby-o" something like "Stick my fingers in the baby's ass" or does he say eyes?

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so much thing happens in this song... i like it a lot.

Cover art for Antennas to Heaven lyrics by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

what do we do with the baby dead? what do we do with the baby oh wrap him up in a tablecloth throw that baby in the ?? that's what you do with the baby dead that's what you do with the baby oh every time the baby grins give my baby a bottle of gin every time the baby cries stick my finger in the baby's eye

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I see a common theme here, these songs are all about doom. What do you do with a dead infant? Its horrible, but its what they make music about, and its a good reminder of whats happening.

 
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