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Thread #51073   Message #777375
Posted By: masato sakurai
05-Sep-02 - 07:15 AM
Thread Name: Cajun folk song 'Tender Love'
Subject: Lyr Add: GUE GUE
The Kingston Trio recorded this as "Gue Gue" on From the "Hungry i" [with sound clip].

GUE GUE
by Dave Guard, Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds

Gue Gue solingaie, balliez chimin la.
Gue Gue solingaie, balliez chimin la.
M'a dis li, oui, m'a dis li.
Calbass' li connain parler.
Calbass' li connain parler.

Sleep, sleep, don't you weep, dry your tears awhile.
Dream, dream, then you'll hear, the singing crocodile.

CHORUS:
Oh, dreaming, we'll go dreaming.
Hush, now, baby, don't you cry.

Sail, sail, pretty babe, while the moon is low
Through bright bayou night the dreamboats drifting slow.

CHORUS:
Oh, dreaming, we'll go dreaming.
Hush, now, baby, don't you cry.

Lyrics with chords are HERE, with this note: Adelaide Van Wey recorded a 10" LP for Folkways in 1950 called "All Day Singin'--Louisiana and Smokey Mountain Ballads." One of the selections was titled "Gue, Gue, Solingaie (Sleep the Dreampath Clear)."

"Gue Gue" is also on Authentic Cajun Lullabies, which is on the list of CD Universe, with sound clip. Just put in "gue gue"; and click on "song".