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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Ba be bi bo bu
 (Sung text for setting by M. Déodat de Séverac)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Je ne suis plus dans l'ignorance,
Je sais mon ba be bi bo bu 
Déjà mon petit coeur ému
Près d'un jeune berger commence
A faire ta te ti to tu.
Faites-moi donc présent, ma mère,
D'un mari da de di do du
Qu'il soit sémillant, vif et dru,
Surtout d'un âge à pouvoir plaire,
Car un vieux: pa pe pi po pu.
Si pour moi sa tendresse dure
J'aurai toujours de la vertu,
Mais s'il est brutal et bourru
Ma bonne maman, je vous jure
Qu'il sera ca ce ci co cu.

Composition:

    Set to music by Marie-Joseph-Alexandre Déodat de Séverac (1872 - 1921), "Ba be bi bo bu", 1905, published 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons du XVIIIème siècle, no. 1, Éd. E. Meuriot, A. Rouart successeur

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Agnès épelant", written 1732, in Les Chansons gaillardes, no. 63

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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 93

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