“Bonjour l'Automne !” — Hello, Autumn Song in French for Kids

In “Bonjour l'Automne !” (Hello, Autumn!), kids sing key French words like l'automne, les feuilles, tombent and rouge et jaune, going back and forth between English and French, so the meaning is never a mystery. It's a early-learner (A1) song from Unit 15: Celebrations, 2:28 long, made for ages 2–8.

🇫🇷 French
Level: A1
Unit 15 · Jours de Fête
⏱ 2:28
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“Bonjour l'Automne !” lyrics with English translation

Every line as it's sung, with its meaning beside it. French is shown in teal.

Song lyrics with translation. French lines are shown in teal.
Sung	Meaning
Autumn!	L’automne!
L’automne!	Autumn!
Leaves are falling!	Les feuilles tombent!
Les feuilles tombent!	Leaves are falling!
Red and yellow!	Rouge et jaune!
Rouge et jaune!	Red and yellow!
Leaves on the path!	Les feuilles par terre!
Les feuilles par terre!	Leaves on the path!
The wind is blowing!	Le vent souffle!
Le vent souffle!	The wind is blowing!
Round and round!	Ça tourne, ça tourne !
Ça tourne, ça tourne!	Round and round!
Crunch, crunch, under our feet!	Ça craque sous nos petits pieds!
Ça craque sous nos petits pieds!	Crunch, crunch, under our feet!
Pumpkin!	La citrouille!
La citrouille!	Pumpkin!
Big orange pumpkin!	Grosse citrouille orange!
Grosse citrouille orange!	Big orange pumpkin!
Smile, pumpkin, smile!	Souris, citrouille, souris!
Souris, citrouille, souris!	Smile, pumpkin, smile!
Autumn, l’automne, clap along!
Les feuilles tombent—sing our song!
Red and yellow!	Rouge et jaune!
Rouge et jaune!	Red and yellow!
Round and round, the leaves all tumble!	Ça tourne, ça tourne, les feuilles dégringolent !
Chestnuts!	Les châtaignes!
Les châtaignes!	Chestnuts!
Warm chestnuts to share!	Des châtaignes bien chaudes!
Des châtaignes bien chaudes!	Warm chestnuts to share!
Costume!	Le déguisement!
Le déguisement!	Costume!
What will you wear?	Quel déguisement ce soir?
Quel déguisement ce soir?	What will you wear?
A friendly ghost!	Un gentil fantôme !
Un gentil fantôme!	A friendly ghost!
Wave hello!	Fais coucou !
Fais coucou!	Wave hello!
Trick or treat!	Des bonbons ou un sort !
Des bonbons ou un sort!	Trick or treat!
Candy for our friends!	Des bonbons pour les copains!
Des bonbons pour les copains!	Candy for our friends!
Share a sweet, then say, “Merci!”
Un bonbon pour toi, un pour moi!	A candy for you, one for me!
Pumpkin!	La citrouille!
La citrouille!	Pumpkin!
Big orange pumpkin!	Grosse citrouille orange!
Grosse citrouille orange!	Big orange pumpkin!
Smile, pumpkin, smile!	Souris, citrouille, souris!
Souris, citrouille, souris!	Smile, pumpkin, smile!
Autumn, l’automne, clap along!
Les feuilles tombent—sing our song!
Red and yellow!	Rouge et jaune!
Rouge et jaune!	Red and yellow!
Round and round, the leaves all tumble!	Ça tourne, ça tourne, les feuilles dégringolent !
The wind says, “Come and play!”	Le vent dit : « Viens jouer ! »
Le vent dit: « Viens jouer! »	The wind says, “Come and play!”
The leaves say, “Au revoir!”
Les feuilles disent: « À bientôt! »	The leaves say, “See you soon!”
One more word, one more time—	Encore un mot, encore une fois —
Autumn!	L’automne!
L’automne!	Autumn!
We can sing it, you and I!	On peut la chanter, toi et moi !
Pumpkin!	La citrouille!
La citrouille!	Pumpkin!
Big orange pumpkin!	Grosse citrouille orange!
Grosse citrouille orange!	Big orange pumpkin!
Smile, pumpkin, smile!	Souris, citrouille, souris!
Souris, citrouille, souris!	Smile, pumpkin, smile!
Autumn, l’automne, clap along!
Les feuilles tombent—sing our song!
Red and yellow!	Rouge et jaune!
Rouge et jaune!	Red and yellow!
Round and round, the leaves all tumble!	Ça tourne, ça tourne, les feuilles dégringolent !
L’automne! Autumn! Bravo, everyone!

Key French words in this song

The 11 words and phrases this song is built around.

French	English
l'automne	autumn
les feuilles	leaves
tombent	falling
rouge et jaune	red and yellow
la citrouille	pumpkin
les châtaignes	chestnuts
le déguisement	costume
des bonbons ou un sort	trick or treat
les bonbons	candy
un gentil fantôme	a friendly ghost
le vent	the wind

How to use this song with your child

1
Make “les feuilles” the word of the day
This song repeats “les feuilles” (leaves) on 6 lines. Use it once or twice during the day outside the song, and let your child correct you if you get it wrong.
2
Split the parts
Once the song is familiar, you sing the English lines and your child sings the French ones, then swap. It turns listening into speaking.
3
Make it a routine
At 2:28, play it once a day at the same moment for a week. Sing it to a teddy bear at a pretend party, candles and all.