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11 Responses to “Can Anyone Help with a Rhyme about a Cat that’s in English and French?”

1. Marie Says:
   August 29th, 2018 at 10:50 am

   Hello!
   I heard this song many years ago and I thought it was by Raffi. I emailed him and his staff says that it is not one of his. I did find it on this album:
   https://www.amazon.com/Going-Places-Mr-Darby-Friends/dp/B000QQW79U/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&dpID=61Sb-6Gwt4L&preST=_SX342_QL70_&dpSrc=detail
   It is the same words, but not the same singer I remember.
   It is a sweet little song that I sang to my children when they were young! My first grandchild was just born, and of course I went looking for it again!
   Hope that helps!

2. Lisa Says:
   January 4th, 2019 at 8:31 pm

   Emily wrote:

   Hi Lisa,

   I’ve been racking my brain for the actual lyrics to this song after falling down a rabbit hole on youtube of kids songs in French. Here is what I remember of the song from memory and my few years of French in Middle School through College:

   Petit chat noir, petit chat noir, regarde-vous mon bébé.
   Quitte-vous chat, quitte-vous chat, ne touche pas mon bébé.
   In the house, there is cake. Cake and milk for baby.
   Catch the mouse cat, catch the mouse cat, and don’t you touch the baby.
   Ne touche pas mon bébé.
   Mama loves, papa loves, everyone loves baby.
   Catch the mouse cat, catch the mouse cat
   ne touche pas mon bebe.

3. Lisa Says:
   January 4th, 2019 at 8:36 pm

   I asked Monique from France what she thought about this song and she said maybe it was made up to help teach French.

   Monique tried to put it in “correct” French for us. Here’s what she came up with…

   Petit chat noir,
   Regardez-vous mon baby
   Quittez-nous, chat, quittez-nous, chat
   Little black cat, little black cat,
   … Ne touchez pas mon bébé

   If you have Spotify, you can hear the song here.

   I hope this helps the search!

   -Mama Lisa

4. Claire Says:
   August 20th, 2019 at 9:41 am

   There is a very old lullaby cassette called “Golden Slumbers: Lullabies From Far and Near” that has this song on it. Sung by Oscar Brand, I think? Internet research claims it was a record before it was on cassette, but I’ve never been able to find it on CD. I don’t think it made the jump (which is a shame; it’s a beautiful album!). Maybe there are still a few analog copies floating around…

5. Rory Heath Says:
   October 12th, 2019 at 8:06 pm

   Yes that’s a great Children’s song. I have it at my children’s music radio station – http://www.kidscorner305.com

6. Lisa Says:
   November 1st, 2019 at 8:54 pm

   Patricia wrote:

   I just saw your 2016 posting about this song. I’ve tried to remember so I could sing it to my grandchildren. I remember the melody.

   This song was on an album of children’s lullabies I had in the late 70’s. Yes, part of the lyrics were in French. I believe that more than one artist contributed. I don’t know all of the lyrics. Here’s what I know:

   Little black cat, Little black cat,
   Look at my pretty little baby
   Catch a mouse, cat. Catch a mouse, cat,
   But don’t you touch my baby.

   On a plate, there is cake,
   Cake and milk for baby,
   Catch a mouse, cat. Catch a mouse, cat,
   But don’t you touch my baby.

7. Brianna Says:
   May 22nd, 2023 at 1:02 am

   Mother sang it to me as a baby, learned off a 12″ vinyl lullaby album entitled “Golden Slumbers” in the early 80’s, I was able to find Golden Slumbers ONLY on cassette in 2008 when my first daughter was born. My second daughter still asks for this song at 7 years old.

   Petit Chat Noir (Album: Golden Slumbers)

   Petit chat noir, petit chat noir, regarde-vous mon bébé.
   Quitte-vous chat, quitte-vous chat, ne touche pas mon bébé.

   Little black cat, little black cat, look at my pretty little baby,
   Get away cat, get away cat, don’t you touch this baby.

   Mama loves, papa, loves, everybody loves this baby,
   Get away cat, get away cat, don’t you touch this baby.

   In your plate, there is cake, cake and milk for the baby,
   Get away cat, get away cat, don’t you touch this baby.

   In the pantry there’s a mouse, staring at this baby.
   Catch the mouse cat, catch the mouse cat, but don’t you touch this baby.
   Ne touche pas mon bébé, ne touche pas mon bébé, ne touche pas mon bébé.

8. Bri Says:
   May 22nd, 2023 at 1:04 am

   Multi-Artist Album from the 70’s…… “Golden Slumbers”

9. Bri Says:
   May 22nd, 2023 at 1:14 am

   Album is “Golden Slumbers: Lullabies from Near and Far”
   Song: Petit Chat Noir
   Artist: Oscar Brand
   Link to full discography below.
   Hope this helps (took me forever to dig it up the first time).

   https://www.discogs.com/master/1242555-Pete-Seeger-Oscar-Brand-Others-Golden-Slumbers-Lullabies-From-Near-And-Far

10. Lisa Says:
    May 22nd, 2023 at 12:01 pm

    Thanks for all the info Brianna!

11. Brianna Says:
    May 23rd, 2023 at 12:53 am

    In response to Claires comment, which i missed the first time through….it is a beautiful album of Lullabies from all over the country & world. Sadly it seems to have made it to cassette but are difficult to track down, and as far as I can tell shes right in that it never made it to CD. I looked for a long time both as a mom and when I was teaching toddlers/preschool. For anyone who can track it down it really is a good collection and Pete Seeger & Oscar Bland are childhood favorites of mine (and i was a Raffi Kid too).
    And Lisa, I’ve used your site as a resource as an early childhood educator, so thanks for all the effort you put into making all of this available to everyone.

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