The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #138380   Message #3171547
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
16-Jun-11 - 01:25 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Songs from Trinidad
Subject: RE: ADD: Songs from Trinidad
Lyr. Add: DODO PETITE POPO
Lullaby

Dodo, petite popo.
Petite popo pas fait dodo.
Dodo, petite popo.
Petite popo pas fait dodo.
Dodo, petite popo.
Petite popo pas vieu' dodo.
(hum)
Si vou' pas dodo, petite popo.
Macko chat allez mange 'ou
(hum)

Go to sleep little babe.
Little babe does not wish to sleep.
Go to sleep little babe.
Little babe does not want to sleep.

If you do not sleep little babe
The big cat will come and eat you up.

French patois. P. 63, arr. for voices, guitar, drum and bass by Gareth Walters.
Edric Connor, 1958, Songs from Trinidad, Oxford University Press.