Down in the Bayouland - Astro's Acadians
A folk-song written in 2006, based on a Caribbean folktale also known in Louisiana. Illustrations from older Bosko Cartoons films now in the Public Domain and drawn by illustrators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising in the 1920s and 1930s after they left Disney.
Lyrics:
Down in the Bayouland © Artspurg SABAM 2006
A Cajun-man in a Bayou-land
A joué le violon, in a Cajun Band
Now the wife she left, she had enough
But he fiddles on, as life is tough
Il a tenu, le joi de la vie
So he bought a little ape, for the lonely eve
When he left the house, on a working day
Ape stole the violin; it's in a monkey's way
Returning home, the ape was gone
Perché sur le toit, avec son violon
With a fierce bowing hand, he played for two
il sciait le violon, through and through
Our old Cajun-man, il a pas tout
Took a sawn-off gun', went out to shoot
Now with the monkey gone, et le violon
Happily the wife returned, dedans la maison
Down in a Bayou-land, pendant la nuit
Sometimes a fiddle's heard, and you won't sleep
As a story grows, day by day
It is this monkey's ghost, ça c'est la vérité
Aye, so much for a happy end!
Lyrics:
Down in the Bayouland © Artspurg SABAM 2006
A Cajun-man in a Bayou-land
A joué le violon, in a Cajun Band
Now the wife she left, she had enough
But he fiddles on, as life is tough
Il a tenu, le joi de la vie
So he bought a little ape, for the lonely eve
When he left the house, on a working day
Ape stole the violin; it's in a monkey's way
Returning home, the ape was gone
Perché sur le toit, avec son violon
With a fierce bowing hand, he played for two
il sciait le violon, through and through
Our old Cajun-man, il a pas tout
Took a sawn-off gun', went out to shoot
Now with the monkey gone, et le violon
Happily the wife returned, dedans la maison
Down in a Bayou-land, pendant la nuit
Sometimes a fiddle's heard, and you won't sleep
As a story grows, day by day
It is this monkey's ghost, ça c'est la vérité
Aye, so much for a happy end!