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This song has been sung for at least one hundred years. It is unknown who “General Lacaros” is.(source)
Lyrics - Creole
(Haitian folk song)
Dodo, dodo titite
Dodo sou bras manman ou
General Lacaros rété Anse-à-Veau
Pas quitté anyien pou titite à moin (repeat)
M’obligé coupé jupon moin
Pou’m fait casaque pou’ titite à moin
English Translation
Sleep, sleep little one
Sleep in your mother’s arms
General Lacaros in Anse-à-Veau
Didn’t leave anything for my baby (repeat)
I had to cut a piece from my slip
To make a dress for my little one
See also
- Country: Haiti
- Subjects: lullabies / family
- Form: ABA
- Harmony: chords I, ii, IV, V, vi
- Melody: tonic triad
- Meter: 3
- Scale: major
- Source
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
