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Dans la forêt lointaine
In the Faraway Forest
Chanson enfantine
(French)
(1) Dans la forêt lointaine
On entend le coucou
(2) Du haut de son grand chêne
Il répond au hibou :
(3) "Coucou, coucou"
On entend le coucou.
Children's Song
(English)
(1) In the faraway forest
You can hear the cuckoo
(2) From the top of the big oak
It answers the how:
(3) "Cuckoo, cuckoo"/"Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo"*
You can hear the cuckoo.
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*In French "coucou" is the name of the bird and the "song" that he sings. It also means "peek-a-boo".
Many thanks to Monique Palomares for contributing and translating this song and for creating the midi music.
Many thanks to Tiphaine Woerth for recording this song for Mama Lisa's World.
Merci beaucoup!
This is a canon for 3 voices.
This song can be a canon for 4 voices if the two last lines are repeated.
There's also a slightly different version of the 2 last lines to be repeated as follows:
"Coucou, le hibou, coucou le hibou,
Coucou le hibou, coucou."