Un petit chien
"This is the version of Un petit chien I used as a child." -Monique
Un petit chien
A Little Dog
Comptine d'élimination
Counting-out Rhyme
(French)
(English)
Un petit chien
S'est perdu ce matin.
À la recherche
De sa maîtresse,
Sur son collier
C'est écrit en anglais :
An gou tchin
Gala, gala, tchin
An gou tchin*.
A little dog
Got lost this morning
Looking for
its mistress,
On its collar
was written in English:
"An goo chin
Gala, gala, chin
An goo chin*."
Notes
* In "Comptines de langue française" Éditions Seghers, Paris, 1961, 1970, the "English" part of this rhyme is given as "a good schlin, gala gadchin".
Another version exists with a different ending:
Sur son collier c'est écrit en latin
Bibis Cotin (ou Bibi Fricotin)
On is collar is written in Latin
Bibis Cotin (or Bibi Fricotin)
Bibis Cotin is a play on words, "biscotin" is a type of cookies; Bibi Fricotin was a character of very popular French comic strips (122 books from 1924 to 1988).
Many thanks to Monique Palomares for contributing and recording this counting-out rhyme. Translation by Monique and Lisa.
