Compère Guillery
Language: French (Français)
Il était un p'tit homme,
qui s'app'lait Guillery, carabi,
Il s'en fut à la chasse,
à la chasse aux perdrix, carabi,
Titi carabi, toto carabo, compère Guillery,
Te laîras-tu mouri?
Il monta sur un arbre,
pour voir ses chiens couri, carabi,
La branche vint à rompre,
et Guillery tombit, carabi,
Titi carabi, Pouf! pouf! carabi, compère Guillery,
Te laîras-tu mouri?
Il se cassa la jambe,
et le bras se démit, carabi.
Les dam's de l'hôpitale
sont accourues au bruit, carabi,
Titi carabi, toto, carabo, compère Guillery,
Te laîras-tu mouri?
On lui banda la jambe
et le bras lui remit, carabi,
Pour remercier ces dames,
Guill'ry les embrassit, carabi,
Titi carabi, toto carabo, compère Guillery,
Te laîras-tu mouri?
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- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , title 1: "Brother Guillery", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2016-07-09
Line count: 24
Word count: 117
Brother Guillery
Language: English after the French (Français)
There was a little man
whose name was Guillery, carabi,
He went out a-hunting,
a-hunting for partridge, carabi,
Titi carabi, toto carabo, brother Guillery,
Will you let yourself die?
He climbed up a tree
to watch his dogs run, carabi,
The branch ended up breaking,
and Guillery fell down, carabi,
Titi carabi, Pouf! Pouf! carabi, brother Guillery,
Will you let yourself die?
He broke his leg,
and dislocated his arm, carabi,
The ladies at the hospital
came running at the noise, carabi,
Titi carabi, toto, carabo, brother Guillery,
Will you let yourself die?
They bandaged his leg
and put his arm back, carabi,
To thank those ladies,
Guillery kissed them, carabi,
Titi carabi, toto carabo, brother Guillery,
Will you let yourself die?
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-09
Line count: 24
Word count: 122
