Lyr Req: Children's song-My Bird Is Dead

Subject: Children's song
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Mar 02 - 09:22 PM

Looking for verses 2 and 3

Verse 1 |:My bird is dead my bird is dead:| |:he no longer sings coco de coco da:|

Verses 2 and 3 are missing

Verse 4 |:My birds alive my birds alive:| |:He forever sings coco de coco da:|

Thank You

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children's song
From: Hollowfox
Date: 13 Mar 02 - 09:18 AM

Can you give us any other hints? Is this song you heard as a child? Did you hear it on a recording, and do you remember anything else about it, like the performer's name, other songs, etc?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children's song
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 04:05 AM

Remember this from Scout camp fires in The Netherlands, sung as a round, with only the first verse.
My cock is dead, My cock is dead,
My cock is dead, my cock is dead,
He will sing no more, cock o dee, cock o da,
He will sing no more, cock o dee, cock o da,
He will sing no more, cock o dee, cock o da,
.
Then others joined in, starting as each line ended.
Then it was suggested that each group render it in their own language.
The Dutch was something like
Mae haan is doet
Ne he hit mer zimmer cock o dee cock o da

As the camp had Dutch, English, German, French, Algerian, Welsh, Belgian, Argentinian & American members, this got a little out of hand!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Children's song
From: masato sakurai
Date: 14 Mar 02 - 07:47 AM

Several translations are HERE.

1. Noster gallus est mortuus
noster gallus est mortuus.

2. Ille non cantabit coccodè coccodà
coc-coc-coc-codè coccodè coccodà.

3. Le Coq est mort, le Coq est mort,
le Coq est mort, le Coq est mort.

4. Il ne crira plus Coq-o-dée coq-o-dà,
coq-coq-coq-o-dè coq-o-dè coq-o-dà.

5. Mein Hahn ist tod, mein Hahn ist tod,
mein Hahn ist tod, mein Hahn ist tod.

6. Er kann nicht mehr krahen kok-o-dé kok-o-dà,
kok-kok-kok-o-dé kok-o-dà.

7. My cock is dead, my cock is dead,
my cock is dead, my cock is dead.

8. He will sing no more cock-o-dé, cock-o-dà
cock-cock-cock-odè, cocko-dè, cock-o-dà.

~Masato