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by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)

L'alligator
 (Sung text for setting by J. Wiéner)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Sur les bords du Mississippi
Un alligator se tapit,
Il vit passer un négrillon
Et lui dit: "Bonjour, mon garçon."
Mais le nègre lui dit: "Bonsoir,
La nuit tombe, il va faire noir,
Je suis petit et j'aurais tort
De parler à l'alligator."
Sur les bords du Mississippi
L'alligator a du dépit,
Car il voulait au réveillon
Manger le tendre négrillon.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jean Wiéner (1896 - 1982), "L'alligator", 1955, from Trente Chantefables pour les Enfants Sages, no. 15

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "L'alligator", appears in Pour les Enfants Sages, in Chantefables, no. 12, first published 1944

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

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