Excerpt from The Patois Poems of the Channel Islands: The Norman-French Text, Edited With Parallel English Translation, Historical Introduction, and Notes

By far the most interesting specimens of these Old Norman Dialects are the Popular Poems, and these exist in rich profusion. Genuine folk-songs, many of them, written by the people, for the people, and handed down lovingly through oral tradition. These compositions both in structure and allusions contain much that is peculiar to the Channel Islands, and illustrate with singular force, vivacity, and humour the more salient features of the insular social and rural life.

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