Comptines

Springtime means being outside It means being able to play hopscotch and sing songs and play with bolobats Comptines is about little girls celebrating spring in Montréal They play in alleyways in doorways in parks and on the street They sing songs that were sung by their parents and maybe their grandparents Gibberish rhymes counting songs and old folksongs ring out in childrens voices Without commentary this short sketch travels the byways of Montréal where little girls play Comptines is a French word for childrens song games National Film Board of Canada