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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Lou coucut
Language: Occitan 
Our translations:  ENG
Lou coucut oqu'os un áuzel
Que n'io pas capt plus de to bel
Coumo lou coucut qué canto,
Lou mió coucut, lou tió coucut, 
è lou coucut dès autrès !
Dió ? Obès pas èntendut canta lou coucut ?

Per obal, found del prat,
Sé ni’o un áubré flourit è gronat,
Qué lou coucut l'i canto.
Lou mió coucut, lou tió coucut, 
E lou coucut des autrès.
Dió ? Obès pas èntendut canta lou coucut ?

E se toutse les coucuts
Bou lioù pourta souneto,
ô ! forióu çin cent troumpetoï !
Lou mió coucut, lou tió coucut,
E lou coucut des autrès.
Dió ? Obès pas èntendut canta lou coucut ?

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 Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957), "Lou coucut" [ voice and piano ], from Chants d'auvergne IV, no. 6, French title: "Le coucou" [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The cuckoo", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 103

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