by
Louise-Rose Gérard (1866 - 1953), as Rosemonde Gérard
Ils vont, les petits canards
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG ENG GER
Ils vont, les petits canards,
Tout au bord de la rivière,
Comme de bons campagnards.
Barboteurs et frétillards,
Heureux de troubler l'eau claire,
Ils vont, les petits canards.
Ils semblent un peu jobards,
Mais ils sont à leur affaire,
Comme de bons campagnards.
Dans l'eau pleine de têtards,
Où tremble une herbe légère,
Ils vont, les petits canards,
Marchant, par groupes épars,
D'une allure régulière
Comme de bons campagnards.
Amoureux et nasillards,
Chacun avec sa commère,
Ils vont, les petits canards,
Comme de bons campagnards.
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Confirmed with Rosemonde Gérard, Les Pipeaux, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1889, pages 36-37.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , "The little ducks go walking", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Brian Charles Witkowski) , copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 85
They go, the little ducks
Language: English  after the French (Français)
They go, the little ducks,
All at the side of the river,
Like good country folk!
Paddlers and wrigglers,
Happy to trouble the clear water,
They go, the little ducks,
They seem a little silly,
But they are at their business,
Like good country folk!
In the water full of tadpoles,
Where light grass trembles,
They go, the little ducks,
Marching in separate groups,
In a regular pace
Like good country folk!
Amorous and nasal,
Each one with its hearsay,
They go, the little ducks,
Like good country folk!
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Louise-Rose Gérard (1866 - 1953), as Rosemonde Gérard, "Villanelle des petits canards", appears in Les pipeaux, in 1. Rustica, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1889
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-11
Line count: 19
Word count: 89