Un canard a dit à sa cane
"A Drake Said to His Duck" is about a male duck talking to "his" female duck. This song is a play on words. You can read about the wordplay below the song.
Un canard a dit à sa cane
A Drake Said to His Duck
Chanson enfantine
Children's Song
(French)
(English)
Un canard a dit à sa cane
"Ris cane, ris cane"
Un canard a dit à sa cane
"Ris cane" et la cane a ri.
A drake said to his duck,
"Laugh, duck, laugh, duck."
A drake said to his duck,
"Laugh, duck", and the duck laughed.
Notes
This song is based on a play on words: what you hear as "ris cane" can be understood as "ris cane" = laugh, (female) duck but also as "ricane" (snigger or giggle). "la cane a ri" can also be understood as "la cane a ri" (the duck laughed) but also as la canari (the canary) – the word is normally masculine, it shouldn't be "la" but "le" canari.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Translated by Monique Palomares.
Merci beaucoup!
