Ah ! Les crocodiles
Appearance
Ah ! Les crocodiles is a popular children's song in France.[1][2] The song has been around since at least 1860 and relates the adventures of an Egyptian crocodile going to war against Elephants.[3]
This nineteenth-century nursery rhyme is derived from Jacques Offenbach's song Hooray for the Crocodile, part of the Tromb-al-ca-zar ou les Criminels dramatiques, premiered in April 1856.[4]
Nursery rhyme
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References
[edit]- ^ Vincent, Arnold (2011). Jeux de cour d'école. Eyrolles. p. 74. ISBN 9782212008098.
- ^ Canciones infantiles francesas (in French). Ed. Universidad de Cantabria. 2017-10-19. ISBN 978-84-8102-816-4.
- ^ Laforte, Conrad (1977). Le catalogue de la chanson folklorique française (in French). Presses Université Laval. ISBN 978-2-7637-7125-0.
- ^ "Tromb-al-ca-zar ou Les criminels dramatiques - Performance - 1856". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2023-04-23.