Lyrics and translation Burl Ives - The Sow Took the Measles (Remastered)
Boys
and
girls
sometimes
get
the
measles
Les
garçons
et
les
filles
attrapent
parfois
la
rougeole
But
in
this
song
even
a
sow,
Mais
dans
cette
chanson,
même
une
truie,
Which
is
another
name
for
a
lady
pig
Ce
qui
est
un
autre
nom
pour
une
femelle
cochon
Took
the
measles
too
A
eu
la
rougeole
aussi
How
do
you
think
I
begin
in
the
world?
Comment
penses-tu
que
j'ai
commencé
dans
le
monde
?
I
got
me
a
sow
and
sev′ral
other
things;
J'ai
eu
une
truie
et
plusieurs
autres
choses ;
The
sow
took
the
measles
and
she
died
in
the
spring
La
truie
a
eu
la
rougeole
et
elle
est
morte
au
printemps
What
do
you
think
that
I
made
of
her
hide?
Que
penses-tu
que
j'ai
fait
de
sa
peau
?
The
very
best
saddle
that
you
ever
did
ride;
La
meilleure
selle
que
tu
aies
jamais
chevauchée ;
Saddle
or
bridle
or
any
such
a
thing,
Selle
ou
bride
ou
toute
autre
chose,
The
sow
took
the
measles
and
she
died
in
the
spring
La
truie
a
eu
la
rougeole
et
elle
est
morte
au
printemps
What
do
you
think
that
I
made
of
her
nose?
Que
penses-tu
que
j'ai
fait
de
son
nez
?
The
very
best
thimble
that
ever
sewed
clothes;
Le
meilleur
dé
à
coudre
qui
ait
jamais
cousu
des
vêtements ;
Thimble
or
thread
or
any
such
thing,
Dé
à
coudre
ou
fil
ou
toute
autre
chose,
The
sow
took
the
measles
and
she
died
in
the
spring
La
truie
a
eu
la
rougeole
et
elle
est
morte
au
printemps
What
do
you
think
I
made
of
her
tail?
Que
penses-tu
que
j'ai
fait
de
sa
queue
?
The
very
best
whup
that
ever
sought
sail;
Le
meilleur
fouet
qui
ait
jamais
cherché
la
voile ;
Whup
or
whup-socket,
any
such
thing
Fouet
ou
fouet-douille,
toute
autre
chose
The
sow
took
the
measles
and
she
died
in
the
spring
La
truie
a
eu
la
rougeole
et
elle
est
morte
au
printemps
What
do
you
think
that
I
made
of
her
feet?
Que
penses-tu
que
j'ai
fait
de
ses
pieds
?
The
very
best
pickles
that
you
ever
did
eat;
Les
meilleurs
cornichons
que
tu
aies
jamais
mangés ;
Pickles
or
glue
or
any
such
thing,
Cornichons
ou
colle
ou
toute
autre
chose,
The
sow
took
the
measles
and
she
died
in
the
spring
La
truie
a
eu
la
rougeole
et
elle
est
morte
au
printemps
Rate the translation
1
Blue Tail Fly - Remastered
2 Buckeye Jim (Remastered)
3 My Adobe Hacienda (Remastered)
4 The Little White Duck - Remastered
5 The Sow Took the Measles (Remastered)
6 Shanghied (Remastered)
7 The Fox - Remastered
8 Empty Saddles - Remastered
9 Mr Rabbit - Remastered
10 Cool Water - Remastered
11 Erie Canal - Remastered
12 The Grey Goose (Remastered)
13 The Whale (Remastered)
14 Two Little Owls (Remastered)
15 Home on the Range (Remastered)
16 Cowboy's Dream (Remastered)
17 Mexicali Rose (Remastered)
18 The Tailor and the Mouse (Remastered)
19 Will There Be Any Stars (Remastered)
20 Royal Telephone - Remastered
21 I Walk the Line - Remastered
22 Old Dan Tucker - Remastered
23 Waltzing Matilda (Remastered)
24 The Little Engine That Could (Remastered)
25 Aunt Rhody - Remastered
26 The Donut Song (Remastered)
27 Call Me Mr in Between - Remastered
28 Funny Way of Laughin - Remastered
29 Mary Ann Regrets - Remastered
30 Beulah Land (Remastered)
31 Goober Peas - Remastered
32 The Same Old Hurt (Remastered)
33 Big Rock Candy Mountain - Remastered
34 The Dying Stockman (Remastered)
35 The Oregon Trail (Remastered)
36 Mr. Froggie Went A-Coutin' (Remastered)
37 Fooba Wooba John (Remastered)
38 Where He Leads Me (Remastered)
39 Jingle Jangle Jingle (Remastered)
40 Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Remastered)
41 Oh, My Side (Remastered)
42 Thumbin' Johnny Brown (Remastered)
43 I'm Goin' Down the Road - Remastered
44 Oh! The Springtime. It Brings on the Shearing (Remastered)
45 Curry Road (Remastered)
46 Sixteen Fathoms Down (Remastered)
47 Mama Don't Want No Peas An' Rice An' Cocoanut Oil (Remastered)
48 Blessed Assurance (Remastered)
49 The Long Black Veil - Remastered
50 Holding Hands for Joe - Remastered
51 The Station Cook (Remastered)
52 In Foggy Old London (Remastered)
53 Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairi (Remastered)
54 The Stockman's Last Bed (Remastered)
55 Let the Lower Lights Be Burning (Remastered)
56 The Wild Colonial Boy (Remastered)
57 Wooly Boogie Bee (Remastered)
58 Green Turtle (Remastered)
59 When They Ring Those Golden Bells (Remastered)
60 Click Go the Shears (Remastered)
61 When the Bloom Is on the Sage (Remastered)
62 Bring Them In (Remastered)
63 The Boll Weevil (Remastered)
64 Delia - Remastered
65 The Almighty Dollar Bill - Remastered
66 Standing on the Promises - Remastered
67 Forty Hour Week - Remastered
68 The Goat and the Train - Remastered
69 That's All I Can Remember (Remastered)
70 I'm the Boss - Remastered
71 Poor Boy in a Rich Man's Town - Remastered
72 Sunshine in My Soul (Remastered)
73 A Nautical Yarn (Remastered)
74 My Good Old Man - Remastered
75 Ninety Nine Years (Remastered)
76 Brooklyn Bridge (Remastered)
77 How Do You Fall out of Love - Remastered
78 The Moon Is High - Remastered
79 Across the Western Plains I Must Wander (Remastered)
80 Let's Go Hunting (Remastered)
81 Poor Little Jimmie (Remastered)
82 Lenora, Let Your Hair Hang Down - Remastered
83 Fairest Lord Jesus (Remastered)
84 Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) [Remastered]
85 We're Marching to Zion (Remastered)
86 The Last Round-Up (Remastered)
87 Wild Rover No More (Remastered)
88 I Ain't Comin' Home Tonight - Remastered
89 Three Jolly Huntsmen (Remastered)
90 What You Goin' Do, Leroy (Remastered)
91 Botany Bay (Remastered)
92 Mother Gosse Songs (Remastered)
93 She Didn't Let the Ink Dry on the Paper (Remastered)
94 Mother Wouldn't Do That (Remastered)
95 Killgrew's Soiree (Remastered)
96 The Blizzard - Remastered
97 The Old Bullock Dray (Remastered)
98 Busted - Remastered
99 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (Remastered)
100 Mocking Bird Hill (Remastered)
2 Buckeye Jim (Remastered)
3 My Adobe Hacienda (Remastered)
4 The Little White Duck - Remastered
5 The Sow Took the Measles (Remastered)
6 Shanghied (Remastered)
7 The Fox - Remastered
8 Empty Saddles - Remastered
9 Mr Rabbit - Remastered
10 Cool Water - Remastered
11 Erie Canal - Remastered
12 The Grey Goose (Remastered)
13 The Whale (Remastered)
14 Two Little Owls (Remastered)
15 Home on the Range (Remastered)
16 Cowboy's Dream (Remastered)
17 Mexicali Rose (Remastered)
18 The Tailor and the Mouse (Remastered)
19 Will There Be Any Stars (Remastered)
20 Royal Telephone - Remastered
21 I Walk the Line - Remastered
22 Old Dan Tucker - Remastered
23 Waltzing Matilda (Remastered)
24 The Little Engine That Could (Remastered)
25 Aunt Rhody - Remastered
26 The Donut Song (Remastered)
27 Call Me Mr in Between - Remastered
28 Funny Way of Laughin - Remastered
29 Mary Ann Regrets - Remastered
30 Beulah Land (Remastered)
31 Goober Peas - Remastered
32 The Same Old Hurt (Remastered)
33 Big Rock Candy Mountain - Remastered
34 The Dying Stockman (Remastered)
35 The Oregon Trail (Remastered)
36 Mr. Froggie Went A-Coutin' (Remastered)
37 Fooba Wooba John (Remastered)
38 Where He Leads Me (Remastered)
39 Jingle Jangle Jingle (Remastered)
40 Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Remastered)
41 Oh, My Side (Remastered)
42 Thumbin' Johnny Brown (Remastered)
43 I'm Goin' Down the Road - Remastered
44 Oh! The Springtime. It Brings on the Shearing (Remastered)
45 Curry Road (Remastered)
46 Sixteen Fathoms Down (Remastered)
47 Mama Don't Want No Peas An' Rice An' Cocoanut Oil (Remastered)
48 Blessed Assurance (Remastered)
49 The Long Black Veil - Remastered
50 Holding Hands for Joe - Remastered
51 The Station Cook (Remastered)
52 In Foggy Old London (Remastered)
53 Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairi (Remastered)
54 The Stockman's Last Bed (Remastered)
55 Let the Lower Lights Be Burning (Remastered)
56 The Wild Colonial Boy (Remastered)
57 Wooly Boogie Bee (Remastered)
58 Green Turtle (Remastered)
59 When They Ring Those Golden Bells (Remastered)
60 Click Go the Shears (Remastered)
61 When the Bloom Is on the Sage (Remastered)
62 Bring Them In (Remastered)
63 The Boll Weevil (Remastered)
64 Delia - Remastered
65 The Almighty Dollar Bill - Remastered
66 Standing on the Promises - Remastered
67 Forty Hour Week - Remastered
68 The Goat and the Train - Remastered
69 That's All I Can Remember (Remastered)
70 I'm the Boss - Remastered
71 Poor Boy in a Rich Man's Town - Remastered
72 Sunshine in My Soul (Remastered)
73 A Nautical Yarn (Remastered)
74 My Good Old Man - Remastered
75 Ninety Nine Years (Remastered)
76 Brooklyn Bridge (Remastered)
77 How Do You Fall out of Love - Remastered
78 The Moon Is High - Remastered
79 Across the Western Plains I Must Wander (Remastered)
80 Let's Go Hunting (Remastered)
81 Poor Little Jimmie (Remastered)
82 Lenora, Let Your Hair Hang Down - Remastered
83 Fairest Lord Jesus (Remastered)
84 Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) [Remastered]
85 We're Marching to Zion (Remastered)
86 The Last Round-Up (Remastered)
87 Wild Rover No More (Remastered)
88 I Ain't Comin' Home Tonight - Remastered
89 Three Jolly Huntsmen (Remastered)
90 What You Goin' Do, Leroy (Remastered)
91 Botany Bay (Remastered)
92 Mother Gosse Songs (Remastered)
93 She Didn't Let the Ink Dry on the Paper (Remastered)
94 Mother Wouldn't Do That (Remastered)
95 Killgrew's Soiree (Remastered)
96 The Blizzard - Remastered
97 The Old Bullock Dray (Remastered)
98 Busted - Remastered
99 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (Remastered)
100 Mocking Bird Hill (Remastered)
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