Petiti Oiseau

COUNTRY: Haiti

LANGUAGE: French

“Petit Oiseu” is a French folk song, sung in Haiti, about a lilting little bird. I first heard this song on the Smithsonian Folkways CD, Caribbean Songs and Games for Children.

Lyrics of All Around This World version:

Oh little bird, come with me

Here’s the cage I bought for you

And the fruit I’ve picked, you’ll see

And the flowers wet with dew

Petit oiseau viens avec moi

Voir la cage si bien parlee

And the flowers wet with dew

And the fruit I’ve picked, you’ll see