lyrics Comptines (2) (Counting rhymes) or Will Keep the Donkey, John the Bump, Firefly, The Sweet Pepper Without Oil - Traditional counting rhyme from County of Nice

D’argent à une aigle de gueules, au vol abaissé, membrée, becquée et couronnée d’or, empiétant une montagne de trois coupeaux de sable issant d’une mer d’azur mouvant de la pointe et ondée d’argent.


	Traditional music from County of Nice (France)


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Comptines (2)
Traditional from County of Nice.

Gardera l’ae (Will Keep the Donkey)
Ma coura lou miéu tour vendrà, Garderà l’ae, garderà l’ae, Ma coura lou miéu tour vendrà, Garderà l’ae qu voudrà !		Mais quand mon tour viendra, Gardera l’âne, gardera l’âne, Mais quand mon tour viendra, Gardera l’âne qui voudra !
Jan Badola (John the Bump)
Jan Badola vai a l’escola, Lou magistre li a cridà, Pilha li bilha e vai jugà.		Jean la Bosse va à l’école, Le maître l’a grondé (1), Il prend les billes et va jouer.
(1) Li a cridà, « lui a crié ».
Parmèla (Firefly), Levens.
Parmèla baisse-ti, Que si cabra soun aici, Que vènon de vé la Grau, Que soun touti bagnoulau.		Luciole baisse-toi, Que les chèvres sont ici, Qu’elles arrivent de la Grau, Qu’elles sont toutes trempées.
See also La Luerna.
Lu pebroun sens’ oli (The Sweet Pepper Without Oil)
Ai manjà de pebroun sens’ oli, Mette-li d’oli, mette-li d’oli. Ai manjà de pebroun sens’ oli, Mette-li d’oli ’mé de sau.		J’ai mangé des poivrons sans huile, Mets-leur de l’huile, mets-leur de l’huile. J’ai mangé des poivrons sans huile, Mets-leur de l’huile avec du sel.

Bibliography
•	Delrieu (Georges), Anthologie de la chanson niçoise (Anthology of the Song from Nice), Nice, publisher Delrieu & C^o, 1960, p. 141-143.
•	Tosan (Albert), Princivalle (Gaël) and d’Hulster (Frédéric), Anthologie de la chanson du comté de Nice (Anthology of the Song from County of Nice), Nice, Serre publisher, series “Encyclopædia niciensis – Patrimoine régional”, volume III, 2001, p. 282, 284.

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