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Sur le Pont d'Avignon

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1973) centres around the destruction of the Pont de Avignon, here imagined as a giant petrified sabre-toothed tiger spanning the river. During the scenes set on the bridge itself, the characters sing this song, led by the ghostly Scottish piper Major Grumble.
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When the chorus is done dancers must stop in front of their partners, and traditionally the male will bow on the first part then tip his hat on the second.
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and France Animation, featuring the song and a ghost story revolving around a clockmaker and an enchanted organ.
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For the first part, dancers repeat step one, and if they have an audience, turn on their heels and bow to them.
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Any number of verses may be invented, depicting other professions or various characters.
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sings the song on the way to his accommodation during his student exchange program.
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When this stops, so does the dance. The girl curtsies to one side, then the other.
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after being forced by the latter to sing something more cheerful than "
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The dance starts out with everyone in pairs, dancing around each other.
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released a song of the same name and chorus, with the addition of
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When the chorus begins again the dancers repeat step one.
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In 2024, Haitian-American rapper and record producer
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Pont d'Avignon
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Pont Saint-Bénézet

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National Film Board of Canada
Jean-Claude Forest
Dargaud
Holocaust
Warsaw Ghetto
The Simpsons
The Crepes of Wrath
Bart Simpson
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Chain of Command
Captain Picard
CINAR
The Lion King
Zazu
Scar
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
"769" (2002) episode
Lexx
episode "Library" (2020)
Bluey
Mach-Hommy
"Sous le Pont d'Avignon"
"Sur, or is it Sous, le Pont d'Avignon"

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