
Lyrics - French
(French folk song)
Je suis un petit poupon
De bonne figure
Qui aime bien les bonbons
Et les confitures.
Si vous voulez m’en donner,
Je saurai bien les manger
La bonne aventure ô gué,
La bonne aventure.
Lorsque les petits garçons
Sont gentils et sages,
On leur donne des bonbons,
De belles images,
Mais quand il se font gronder
C’est le fouet qu’il faut donner.
La triste aventure ô gué,
La triste aventure.
Je serai sage et bien bon
Pour plaire à ma mère,
Je saurai bien ma leçon
Pour plaire à mon père.
Je veux bien les contenter
Et s’ils veulent m’embrasser,
La bonne aventure ô gué,
La bonne aventure.
English Translation – The Good Adventure
I am a little baby boy
Good figure
Who likes sweets
And jams.
If you want to give it to me,
I will eat them well
The good adventure, oh joy!
The good adventure.
When little boys
Are kind and wise,
We give them sweets,
Beautiful pictures,
But when they get scolded
It’s the whip you have to give.
The sad adventure, oh joy!
The sad adventure.
I will be wise and very good
To please my mother,
I will know my lesson
To please my father.
I want to please them
And if they want to kiss me,
The good adventure, oh joy!
The good adventure.
See also
- Country: France
- Subjects: family / emotions
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 2
- Scale: major
- Source: 140 Folk-songs with Piano Accompaniment “rote Songs” for Grades I, II and III,Archibald Thompson Davison, Thomas Whitney Surette, 1921
- Same tune: Lazy Sheep
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