Lyrics and translation Pete Seeger - I Had a Rooster

I Had a Rooster

J'avais un coq

I had a rooster, my rooster pleased me

J'avais un coq, mon coq me plaisait

I fed my rooster ′neath the greenberry tree

Je nourrissais mon coq sous le poirier

My little rooster went cocka doodle doo

Mon petit coq chantait cocorico

Dee doodle-ee doodle-ee doodle-ee do.

Coquerico coquerico coquerico coquerico.

I had a dog, my dog pleased me

J'avais un chien, mon chien me plaisait

I fed my dog 'neath the greenberry tree

Je nourrissais mon chien sous le poirier

My little doggie went ruff ruff ruff

Mon petit chien aboyait ouaf ouaf ouaf

My little rooster went cocka doodle doo

Mon petit coq chantait cocorico

Dee doodle-ee doodle-ee doodle-ee do.

Coquerico coquerico coquerico coquerico.

I had a kitty, my kitty pleased me

J'avais un chat, mon chat me plaisait

I fed my kitty ′neath the greenberry tree

Je nourrissais mon chat sous le poirier

My little kitty went meow

Mon petit chat miaulait miaou

My little doggie went ruff ruff ruff

Mon petit chien aboyait ouaf ouaf ouaf

My little rooster went cocka doodle doo

Mon petit coq chantait cocorico

Dee doodle-ee doodle-ee doodle-ee do.

Coquerico coquerico coquerico coquerico.

I had a cow, my cow pleased me

J'avais une vache, ma vache me plaisait

I fed my cow 'neath the greenberry tree

Je nourrissais ma vache sous le poirier

My big old bossy cow went moo

Ma grosse vache beuglait meuh

My little kitty went meow

Mon petit chat miaulait miaou

My little doggie went ruff ruff ruff

Mon petit chien aboyait ouaf ouaf ouaf

My little rooster went cocka doodle doo

Mon petit coq chantait cocorico

Dee doodle-ee doodle-ee doodle-ee do.

Coquerico coquerico coquerico coquerico.

I had a sheep, my sheep pleased me

J'avais un mouton, mon mouton me plaisait

I fed my sheep 'neath the greenberry tree

Je nourrissais mon mouton sous le poirier

My woolly sheep went baaa

Mon mouton laineux beuglait bêêê

My big old bossy cow went moo

Ma grosse vache beuglait meuh

My little kitty went meow

Mon petit chat miaulait miaou

My little doggie went ruff ruff ruff

Mon petit chien aboyait ouaf ouaf ouaf

My little rooster went cocka doodle doo

Mon petit coq chantait cocorico

Dee doodle-ee doodle-ee doodle-ee do.

Coquerico coquerico coquerico coquerico.

I had a duck, my duck pleased me...

J'avais un canard, mon canard me plaisait...

I had a bunny, my bunny pleased me...

J'avais un lapin, mon lapin me plaisait...

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Writer(s): Hugh Masekela, Traditional

Album

Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes (Little and Big)

date of release

17-02-1998

1 Old Grey Mule
2 Raccoon's Got a Bushy Tail
3 Grey Goose (The Gray Goose)
4 The Foolish Frog
5 The Fox
6 The Keeper and The Doe
7 Mole in the Ground
8 Skip to My Lou
9 Leatherwing Bat
10 I Had a Rooster
11 Ground Hog
12 I Know an Old Lady (Who Swallowed a Fly)
13 Old Blue
14 Fly Through My Window
15 Bear Hunt (Cumberland Mountain Bear Hunt)
16 Little Dogies (Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies)
17 The Elephant
18 Old Paint (I Ride an Old Paint)
19 Turtle Dove
20 The Darby Ram
21 The Little Black Bull
22 My Little Kitty
23 The Old Hen
24 Teency Weency Spider
25 Mister Rabbit
26 Frog Went A-Courting (The Frog)
27 Alligator, Hedgehog
28 Come All You Bold Sailormen

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