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Lonesome and Foxy, since you guys are obviously multilingual, and very interested in all things French, you might enjoy this bit of trivia. It seems that the French and Canadian national anthem, "Alouette" is actually about cleaning birds after a day of bird hunting, and even contains the recipe for Ortolan. Here are the French lyrics, following the English translation:

Alouette

Lark, nice lark
Alouette, gentille alouette

Alouette I will pluck you
Alouette, je te plumerai
I will pluck your head
Je te plumerai la tête

I will pluck your head
Je te plumerai la tête

And the head, and the head
Et la tête, et la tête

Lark, Lark
Alouette, Alouette

Oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Lark, nice lark
Alouette, gentille alouette

Alouette I will pluck you
Alouette, je te plumerai
I will pluck the beak
Je te plumerai le bec

I will pluck the beak
Je te plumerai le bec

And the beak, and the beak
Et le bec, et le bec

And the head, and the head
Et la tête, et la tête

Lark, Lark
Alouette, Alouette

Oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Lark, nice lark
Alouette, gentille alouette

Alouette I will pluck you
Alouette, je te plumerai
I'll pluck your neck
Je te plumerai le cou

I'll pluck your neck
Je te plumerai le cou

And the neck, and the neck
Et le cou, et le cou

And the beak, and the beak
Et le bec, et le bec

And the head, and the head
Et la tête, et la tête

Lark, Lark
Alouette, Alouette

Oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Lark, nice lark
Alouette, gentille alouette

Alouette I will pluck you
Alouette, je te plumerai
I'll pluck your wings
Je te plumerai les ailes

I'll pluck your wings
Je te plumerai les ailes

And the wings, and the wings
Et les ailes, et les ailes

And the neck, and the neck
Et le cou, et le cou

And the beak, and the beak
Et le bec, et le bec

And the head, and the head
Et la tête, et la tête

Lark, Lark
Alouette, Alouette

Oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Lark, nice lark
Alouette, gentille alouette

Alouette I will pluck you
Alouette, je te plumerai
I'll pluck your back
Je te plumerai le dos

I'll pluck your back
Je te plumerai le dos

And the back, and the back
Et le dos, et le dos

And the wings, and the wings
Et les ailes, et les ailes

And the neck, and the neck
Et le cou, et le cou

And the beak, and the beak
Et le bec, et le bec

And the head, and the head
Et la tête, et la tête

Lark, Lark
Alouette, Alouette

Oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Lark, nice lark
Alouette, gentille alouette

Alouette I will pluck you
Alouette, je te plumerai
I will pluck your legs
Je te plumerai les pattes

I will pluck your legs
Je te plumerai les pattes

And the legs, and the legs
Et les pattes, et les pattes

And the back, and the back
Et le dos, et le dos

And the wings, and the wings
Et les ailes, et les ailes

And the neck, and the neck
Et le cou, et le cou

And the beak, and the beak
Et le bec, et le bec

And the head, and the head
Et la tête, et la tête

Lark, Lark
Alouette, Alouette

Oh oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Lark, nice lark
Alouette, gentille alouette

Alouette I will pluck you
Alouette, je te plumerai
I'll pluck your tail
Je te plumerai la queue

I'll pluck your tail
Je te plumerai la queue

And the tail, and the tail
Et la queue, et la queue

And the legs, and the legs
Et les pattes, et les pattes

And the back, and the back
Et le dos, et le dos

And the wings, and the wings
Et les ailes, et les ailes

And the neck, and the neck
Et le cou, et le cou

And the beak, and the beak
Et le bec, et le bec

And the head, and the head
Et la tête, et la tête

Lark, Lark
Alouette, Alouette

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh