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Artist: Quatre Barbus [Les]
Canonical path: /quatre-barbus-les/le-crocodile
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Le crocodile
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Le crocodile
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Un crocodile, s'en allant à la guerre
Disait adieu à ses petits enfants
Traînant sa queue, sa queue dans la poussière
Il s'en allait combattre les éléphants.
{Refrain, x2}
Ah ! Les crocrocro, les crococo, les crocodiles
Sur les bords du Nil, ils sont partis, n'en parlons plus
[Il fredonnait une marche militaire
Dont il mâchait les mots à grosses dents
Quand il ouvrait la gueule tout entière
On croyait voir ses ennemis dedans.]
Il agitait sa queue dans la poussière
Comme s'il était d'avance triomphant
Les animaux devant sa mine altière
Dans les forêts, s'enfuyaient tout tremblants.
{Au refrain}
Un éléphant parut, et sur la Terre
Se prépara un combat de géants.
Mais près de là, courait une rivière :
Le crocodile s'y jeta subitement.
{Au refrain}
[Et tout rempli d'une crainte salutaire
S'en retourna vers ses petits enfants
Notre éléphant, d'une trompe plus fière
Voulut alors accompagner ce chant :]
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