COMPÈRE GUILLERI (French)
Traditional -before the 18th century
(Children's song)
Il était un p'tit homme
Qui s'appelait Guilleri, carabi
Il s'en fut à la chasse
À la chasse aux perdrix, carabi
Refrain:
Titi, carabi, toto, carabo *, compère Guilleri
te laisseras-tu, te laiss'ras-tu, te laiss'ras-tu mouri**?
Il s'en fut à la chasse
À la chasse aux perdrix, carabi
Il monta sur un arbre
Pour voir ses chiens couri**, carabi
(Refrain)
Il monta sur un arbre
Pour voir ses chiens couri**, carabi
La branche vint à rompre
Et Guilleri tombit***, carabi
(Refrain)
La branche vint à rompre
Et Guilleri tombit***, carabi
Il se cassa la jambe
Et le bras se démit, carabi
(Refrain)
Il se cassa la jambe
Et le bras se démit, carabi
Les dam's de l'hôpital
Sont arrivées au bruit, carabi
(Refrain)
Les dam's de l'hôpital
Sont arrivées au bruit, carabi
L'une apporte un emplâtre
L'autre de la charpie, carabi
(Refrain)
L'une apporte un emplâtre
L'autre de la charpie, carabi
On lui banda la jambe
Et le bras lui remit, carabi
(Refrain)
On lui banda la jambe
Et le bras lui remit, carabi
Pour remercier ces dames
Guill'ri les embrassit***, carabi
(Refrain)
Pour remercier ces dames
Guill'ri les embrassit***, carabi
De cette belle histoire
La morale la voici, carabi
(Refrain)
De cette belle histoire
La morale la voici, carabi
Elle prouve que par les femmes
L'homme est toujours guéri, carabi
(Refrain) | FELLOW GUILLERI
There was a little man
Who was called Gulleri, carabi
He went a-hunting
A-hunting partridges, carabi
Chorus
Titi, carabi, toto carabo, fellow Guilleri
Will you let, will you let, will you let yourself die?
He went a-hunting
A-hunting partridges, carabi
He climbed up a tree
To see his hounds run, carabi
(Chorus)
He climbed up a tree
To see his hounds run, carabi
The branch happened to break
And Guilleri fell down, carabi
(Chorus)
The branch happened to break
And Guilleri fell down, carabi
He broke his leg
And dislocated his arm, carabi
(Chorus)
He broke his leg
And dislocated his arm, carabi
The ladies of the hospital
Arrived because of the noise, carabi
(Chorus)
The ladies of the hospital
Arrived because of the noise, carabi
One brings a plaster
Another brings shredded linen, carabi
(Chorus)
One brings a plaster
Another brings shredded linen, carabi
They bandaged his leg
And set up his arm, carabi
(Chorus)
They bandaged his leg
And set up his arm, carabi
To thank these ladies
Guilleri kissed them, carabi
(Chorus)
To thank these ladies
Guilleri kissed them, carabi
Of this nice story
Here's the moral, carabi
(Chorus)
Of this nice story
Here's the moral, carabi
It proves that by the women
Man is always cured, carabi
(Chorus) |