Lullaby | Sleep, sleep, sleep

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier

Berceuse

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Dors, dors, dors, 
Ton papa ira au village
Et rapportera une pomme
Et caressera ta petite tête.

Dors, dors, dors,
Ton papa ira au village
Et rapportera une noix
Et caressera ton petit pied.

Dors, dors, dors,
Ton papa ira au village
Et rapportera un canard
Et caressera tes petites mains.

Dors, dors, dors,
Ton papa ira au village
Et rapportera la soupe
Et caressera ton petit ventre.

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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Berceuse", op. 86 no. 4, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Chants Populaires Hébraïques, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Lullaby", copyright © 2002, (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: 16
Word count: 68

Lullaby

Language: English after the French (Français)

 Sleep, sleep, sleep. 
 Papa will go to the village 
 and bring back an apple, 
 and stroke your little head. 
 
 Sleep, sleep, sleep. 
 Papa will go to the village 
 and bring back a nut, 
 and stroke your little foot. 
 
 Sleep, sleep, sleep. 
 Papa will go to the village 
 and bring back a duck, 
 and stroke your little hands. 
 
 Sleep, sleep, sleep. 
 Papa will go to the village 
 and bring back some soup, 
 and stroke your little tummy.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 77