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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Belle Layotte
Language: Creole 
Mo déja roulé tout la côte,
    Pancor ouar pareil belle Layotte. 
Mo roulé tout la côte,
    déja roulé tout la colonie;
Mo pancor ouar griffonne la,
    Qua mo gout come la belle Layotte. 
Mo déja roulé tout la côte,
    Pancor ouar pareil belle Layotte. 
 
Mo déja roulé tout la côte,
    Pancor ouar pareil belle Layotte. 
Jean Babét, mon ami,
    Si vous couriering par en haut,
Vous mandé belle Layotte. 
    Cadeau la li té promi mouin.
Mo déja roulé tout la côte,
    Pancor ouar pareil belle Layotte. 
 
Mo déja roulé tout la côte,
    Pancor ouar pareil belle Layotte. 
Domestique la maison,
    He tout faché avec mouin,
Para porte chanson la
    Mo composé pou la belle Layotte. 
Mo déja roulé tout la côte,
    Pancor ouar pareil belle Layotte.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Maud Cuney Hare (1874 - 1936), "Belle Layotte", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Creole Folk-Songs, no. 3, New York : Carl Fischer
        Score: IMSLP [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Efrem Zimbalist (1889 - 1985), "Belle Layotte", published 1914 [ voice and piano ], from 4 Creole songs, no. 1, Schott London [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2026-03-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 126

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