Music is mostly sung in English today, and more traditional songs in French - including long ballads. Some of these can be dated back to the early 1800s, composed by a Metis bard called Pierre Falcon. There are also some popular songs in Michif, and these seem to be mostly playful songs, on taboo subjects like lice, drinking, sex and the like. Some songs were more recently composed in Michif, or rather translated from English into Michif, such as Christmas Carols and children's songs - mostly for pedagogical purposes.