The rooster is dead (canon)

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The rooster is dead ( Le coq est mort ) is a canon of five votes . It comes from France and is sung in many different languages.

melody

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Language versions

German - the rooster is dead

|: The rooster is dead, the rooster is dead.: |
|: He can no longer crow, kokodi, kokoda. : |
|: Koko koko koko kokodi, kokoda. : |

partly also: he will no longer crow ..., he can no longer scream ...


English - The cock is dead

|: The cock is dead, the cock is dead. : |
|: He will never cry, cocodi, cocoda. : |
|: Coco coco coco cocodi, cocoda. : |

partly also: He will never crow ...


Finnish - Kukkoni kuoli

|: Kukkoni kuoli komea.: |
|: Ei se enää laula kokodii, kokodaa. : |
|: Ko-ko-ko-ko-ko-ko-ko-ko-diikokodaa. : |


French - Le coq est mort

|: Le coq est mort, le coq est mort. : |
|: Il ne dira plus cocodi, cocoda. : |
|: Coco coco coco cocodi, cocoda. : |

partly also: Il ne pleura plus.


Dutch - Mijn haan is dood.

|: Mijn haan is dood, mijn haan is dood. : |
|: Hij zal niet sea zingen kokodi, kokoda. : |
|: Kokodi, kodi, kokodi, koda. : |


Italian - Il gallo è morto

|: Il gallo è morto, il gallo è morto. : |
|: Non canterà più e coccodì e coccodà. : |
|: E co e co e co e coccodì e coccodà. : |


Latin - Noster gallus est mortuus

|: Noster gallus est mortuus. : |
|: Non iam cantabit, cocodi, cocoda. : |
|: Coco coco coco cocodi, cocoda. : |

alternatively:

|: Gallus meus mortuus est,: |
|: Ille non cantabit cocodi, cocoda,: |
|: Coco coco coco cocodi, cocoda. : |


Lëtzebuergesch - Den Hunn ass fräkt

|: The Hunn ass fräkt. : |
|: Hie can nët méi sange kokodi, kokoda. : |
|: Koko koko koko kokodi, kokoda. |:

partly also: Den Hunn ass doud ...


Dutch - De haan is dood

|: De haan is dood, de haan is dood. : |
|: Hij kan niet meer zeggen: Kukeleku kukeleku. : |
|: Kukele kukele kukele kukele kukele kukele kukele kuu. : |


Portuguese - O nosso galo já morreu

|: O nosso galo já morreu. : |
|: Não mais cantará cocodi, cocoda. : |
|: Cocococo cococodi, cocoda. : |


Russian - Умер петух

|: Умер петух, умер петух. : |
|: Больше не кричит кокоди, кокода. : | -
|: коко-коко-коко-кокоди, кокода. : |


Swiss German - Eusere Güggel

|: Eusere Güggel, that's dead.: |
|: He cha nu saw kokodi, kokoda. : |
|: Koko koko koko kokodi, kokoda. : |


Spanish - Mi gallo se murió

|: Mi gallo se murió ayer. : |
|: Ya no cantará cocodi, cocoda. : |
|: Coco coco coco cocodi, cocoda. : |


Hungarian - A kis kakas

Pál, Kata, Péter, jó regulates!
Már odakinn a nap pelkelt.
Szól a kakasunk, az a nagy tarajú:
Gyere ki a rétre, kukurikú!

reception

Zoltan Spirandelli shot the interactive short film The Rooster is dead in 1988 , in which the director encourages the audience to sing along from the screen.

The Hungarian version of the song (see above) is also sung in Mindenki , the Oscar-winning film in the 2017 Best Short Film category .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Canon Book. Schott, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-7957-5374-0 , p. 154.
  2. ↑ Reinhard Michl: The great book of songs and songs. 5th edition. Hanser, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-446-19825-3 , p. 59.
  3. ↑ The rooster is dead at ingeb.org
  4. ↑ Bernward Hoffmann, Christoph Lehmann (Ed.): My canon book. 4th edition. tvd, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-926512-03-2 , no.156 .
  5. ↑ Martin Ketels (ed.): Liederkarren. 4th edition. Bund-Verlag, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-7663-1017-8 , No. 61
  6. ↑ Dieter Corbach et al. (Ed.): The mouth organ . New edition. Mundorgel-Verlag, Waldbröl 2001, ISBN 3-87571-044-4 , p. 132.

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