Lyrics and translation Pete Seeger - The Riddle Song

The Riddle Song

La chansonnette à devinettes

I gave my love a cherry that has no stone

Je donne à mon amoureuse une cerise sans noyau

I gave my love a chicken that has no bone

Je donne à mon amoureuse un poulet sans os

I gave my love a story that has no end

Je donne à mon amoureuse une histoire sans fin

And I gave my love a baby that's no crying

Et je donne à mon amoureuse un bébé qui ne pleure pas

How can there be a cherry that has no stone?

Comment peut-il y avoir une cerise sans noyau ?

How can there be a chicken that has no bone?

Comment peut-il y avoir un poulet sans os ?

How can there be a story that has no end?

Comment peut-il y avoir une histoire sans fin ?

How can there be a baby that's no crying?

Comment peut-il y avoir un bébé qui ne pleure pas ?

A cherry when it's blooming it has no stone

Une cerise quand elle fleurit n'a pas de noyau

A chicken when it's picking it has no bone

Un poulet quand il picore n'a pas d'os

And a story that I love you it has no end

Et une histoire que je t'aime n'a pas de fin

And a baby when it's sleeping is no crying

Et un bébé quand il dort ne pleure pas

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Album

American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2

date of release

24-06-2003

1 Dink's Song
2 Camptown Races
3 Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn
4 Hard Travelin'
5 Putting on the Style
6 Barbara Allen
7 I Had a Rooster (Barnyard Song)
8 Jesse James
9 Alabama Bound
10 Froggie Went a Courtin'
11 Pretty Polly
12 Blow the Man Down
13 The Keeper and The Doe
14 The Fox
15 Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
16 The Water Is Wide
17 Go Tell Aunt Rhodie
18 The Riddle Song
19 Careless Love
20 Poor Boy
21 House of the Rising Sun
22 Midnight Special
23 Wimoweh
24 The Farmer's Curst Wife
25 Stagolee (Stagger Lee)
26 Sally Ann
27 Oh, What a Beautiful City (Twelve Gates to the City)

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