Songs of oral tradition in the French language
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  • I - Songs using the laisse form
    • A - Songs about religious subjects(or hagiographic)
    • B - Epic (or tragic) songs
    • C - Heroic-comic songs
    • D - Honeymoon nights and spouses’ laments
    • E - Jealous and victim of wife’s infidelity
    • F - Joys of marriage
    • G - Bouquet
    • H - Picking flowers
    • I - Birds
    • J - Shepherds and shepherdesses
    • K - Love request
    • L - Misadventure
    • M - Girls to be marrried and wedding
    • N - Contenders
    • O - Erotic fantasies
    • P - Burlesque fantasies
    • Q - Holidays and trades
  • II - Strophic songs
    • A - Epic (or tragic) songs
    • B - Religious topics
    • C - Romantic songs
    • D - Comic songs
    • E - Idyllic songs
    • F - Bucolic songs
    • G - Seasonal songs
    • H - Travel cycle: departures
    • I - Travel cycle: returns
    • J - Travel cycle: the deserters
    • K - Travel cycle: navigation
    • L - Travel cycle: backwoodsmen
    • M - Travel Cycle: Soldiers
    • N - Travel cycle: boredom and messages
    • O - Songs on civil status and social conditions
    • P - Songs of circumstances
    • Q - Songs about drunkards
    • R - Drinking songs
  • III - Songs in the form of dialogue
    • A - The maiden and the lover
    • B - The shepherdess and the suitor
    • C - Daughter and mother (or father)
    • D - Son and mother (or father or parish priest)
    • E - The daughter and the confessor
    • F - The wife and the husband (or the suitor)
    • G - Historical and legendary figures and personifications
    • H - One person and one group
  • IV - Enumerative (or cumulative)songs
    • Aa1 - Descending numbers - Single - Songs by Tens
    • Aa2 - Descending numbers - Single - Songs by nine
    • Ba - Increasing numbers - Single
    • Bb - Increasing numbers - Summary
    • Ca - Hours, days, weeks, months, seasons, years, ages - Simple
    • Cb - Hours, days, weeks, months, seasons, years, ages - Summary
    • Da - Letters, vowels, alphabet - Simple
    • Ea - Clothing - Simple
    • Eb - Clothing - Summary
    • Fa - Limbs or parts of the human body and remedies - Simple
    • Fb - Limbs or parts of the human body and remedies - Summary
    • Ga - Limbs or fragmentation of animals, birds, fish - Simple
    • Gb - Members or fragmentation of animals, birds, fish - Summary
    • Ha - Trades and work (cyclical or seasonal) - Simple
    • Ia - Men, women, other (qualities) - Single
    • Ib - Men, women, other (qualities) - Summary
    • Ja - Animals and Birds - Simple
    • Jb - Animals and Birds - Summary
    • Ka - Containers and/or contents - Simple
    • Kb - Container and/or contents - Summary
    • La - Verb and Action Enumerations - Simple
    • Lb - Verb and Action Enumerations - Summary
    • Ma1 - Miscellaneous - Simple - Motley elements and cock-a-donkey
    • Ma2 - Miscellaneous - Single - Lies
    • Ma3 - Miscellaneous - Simple - Proper names
    • Ma4 - Miscellaneous - Single - House, Household
    • Ma5 - Miscellaneous - Simple - Hamlets, villages, cities or countries
    • Ma6 - Miscellaneous - Single - Food
    • Ma7 - Miscellaneous - Simple - Colours
    • Ma8 - Miscellaneous - Single - Maps
    • Ma9 - Miscellaneous - Simple - Trees
    • Mb - Miscellaneous - Recap - Musical Instruments
    • N - Equivocal songs
  • V - Short songs
    • A - Lullabies
    • B - Hymns and prayers
    • C-a - Nursery rhymes - Silent
    • C-b - Nursery rhymes - Amusement songs
    • C-c - Nursery rhymes - Jumping songs
    • C-d - Nursery rhymes - Little smile on the face and body
    • C-e - Nursery rhymes - Little smile on the body
    • C-f - Nursery rhymes - Little smile on the fingers
    • C-g - Nursery rhymes - Little smile on the feet
    • C-h - Nursery rhymes - Little smile on the toes
    • C-i - Nursery rhymes - Educational rhymes
    • D-a - Nursery rhymes - Numbers and words
    • D-b - Nursery rhymes - Alphabet
    • D-c - Nursery rhymes - It's you or the other - naming phrases
    • D-d - Nursery rhymes - Humans
    • D-e - Nursery rhymes - Men
    • D-f - Nursery rhymes - Women
    • D-g - Nursery rhymes - Children
    • D-h - Nursery rhymes - Wildlife
    • D-i - Nursery rhymes - Flora
    • D-j - Nursery rhymes - Food
    • D-k - Nursery rhymes - Objects and others
    • D-l - Nursery rhymes - History
    • D-m - Nursery rhymes - Religion
    • D-n - Nursery rhymes - In the form of a question
    • D-o - Nursery rhymes - Seemingly unanswered and miscellaneous words
    • E-a - Singing Game Formulas - Ball on the Wall
    • E-b - Singing Game Formulas - Dancing or Jumping Rope
    • E-c - Singing Game Formulas - Other Games
    • F-a - Children's Rounds - Action Rounds circle games- Turning Around
    • F-b - Children's Rounds - Action Rounds circle games- - To welcome someone
    • F-c - Children's Rounds - Action Rounds circle games - Squatting
    • F-d - Children's Rounds - Action Rounds circle games - Other Rounds
  • VI - Songs on pre-existing tunes
    • A - Parodies and vaudevilles
    • B - Historical songs
    • C - Local songs
    • D - Political and electoral songs
    • E - Hymns and Christmas songs

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