qui saurait me dire de quel titre du folklore américain est tirée la chanson "le matou" de steve waring? le lendemain matin le matou revient le lendemain matin il est toujours vivant..
Je suis toujours à la recherche de trucs bizarroïdes , de chansons que personne ne connait, de titres de chansons alors que je ne me souviens que de 3 mots et 2 notes et votre site m'enchante!

La chanson s'appelle "The cat came back"

C'est effectivement un vieil air traditionnel qui a été popularisé entre autre par le chanteur Fred Penner, qui est un peu le Henri Des des States :-)

Ca aurait été écrit par un dénommé Harry S. Miller en 1893

The Cat Came Back

Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own
He had a yellow cat which wouldn't leave it home;
He tried and he tried to give the cat away,
He gave it to a man goin' far, far away.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea

The man around the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight,
He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite;
He waited and he waited for the cat to come around,
Ninety seven pieces of the man is all they found.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea

He gave it to a little boy with a dollar note,
Told him for to take it up the river in a boat;
They tied a rope around its neck, it must have weighed a pound
Now they drag the river for a little boy that's drowned.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea

He gave it to a man going up in a balloon,
He told him for to take it to the man in the moon;
The balloon came down about ninety miles away,
Where he is now, well I dare not say.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea

He gave it to a man going way out West,
Told him for to take it to the one he loved the best;
First the train hit the curve, then it jumped the rail,
Not a soul was left behind to tell the gruesome tale.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea

The cat it had some company one night out in the yard,
Someone threw a boot-jack, and they threw it mighty hard;
It caught the cat behind the ear, she thought it rather slight,
When along came a brick-bat and knocked the cat out of sight

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea

Away across the ocean they did send the cat at last,
Vessel only out a day and making water fast;
People all began to pray, the boat began to toss,
A great big gust of wind came by and every soul was lost.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea

On a telegraph wire, sparrows sitting in a bunch,
The cat was feeling hungry, thought she'd like 'em for a lunch;
Climbing softly up the pole, and when she reached the top,
Put her foot upon the electric wire, which tied her in a knot.

But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea

The cat was a possessor of a family of its own,
With seven little kittens till there came a cyclone;
Blew the houses all apart and tossed the cat around,
The air was full of kittens, and not a one was ever found.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea

The atom bomb fell just the other day,
The H-Bomb fell in the very same way;
Russia went, England went, and then the U.S.A.
The human race was finished without a chance to pray.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea

Avec les plus grandes difficultés, j'ai fini par retrouver les paroles d'un "traditional" intitulé "Persian Kitty" : c'est la seule chanson évoquant le "retour" d'un chat (et bien qu'une seule fois dans la totalité du texte).

Si tu comprends l'anglais, peut-être pourras-tu nous dire si les paroles de cette chanson te semblent correspondre à celles de la version en français de Steve Waring ?

Persian Kitty

A Persian kitty, perfumed and fair,
Strolled out on a backyard fence for air
When a tomcat, lean and lithe and strong
Dirty and yaller, came a strolling along

He sniffed at the perfumed Persian cat
As she strutted about with much eclat
And a-thinkin the time to pass
He whispered, "Kiddo, you sure got class"

"'Tis fitting and proper," was her reply
As she arched her whiskers over her eye
"I am ribboned, sleep on pillows of silk,
And I daily bathe in certified milk"

"But I'm not content with what I've got
I ought to be happy, but happy I'm not
I should be joyful, yes, I should indeed
For I'll have you know, I'm highly pedigreed"

"Now, hark," said the tomcat with a smile
"You must trust in your new-found friend for a while
You must abandon your backyard fence
My dear, what you lack is experience."

The joys of living he then unfurled
As he told her tales of the outside world
And then suggested, with a leering laugh
A trip for two down the primrose path

The morning after the night before
The cat came home at the hour of four
The innocent look from her face had went
And in its place was a smile of content

Two months later the kittens came
To that Persian kitty of pedigreed fame
They were not Persian, they were black and tan
And she told them their pa was a traveling man

en fait je crois bien qu'il existe une vieille chanson traditionnelle francaise sur le méme théme antérieure a celles ci. Mais peut étre que Bénégonde en saurais plus

alors là ! si en plus il y a un air traditionnel français identique ou qui ressemble il faut que je le trouve. Qui c'est Benegonde? je vais la chercher elle aussi ! et merci merci

La version française "traditionnelle" doit être celle-ci (nous la chantions aux scouts :)) :

Grand-papa Nicolas voulait tuer son chat
Pour en venir à bout, il le roua de coups
Après bien des efforts, il le laissa pour mort
Nez, pattes, oreilles, poils et griffes, mais…

Refrain:
Le chat revint, le lendemain matin
Le chat revint, le fait en est certain
Nul ne saura ni comment ni pourquoi
Mais dès le chant du coq, le chat était là

V'la grand-père parti pour les Etats-Unis
Jeter son chat fidèle du plus haut d'un gratte-ciel
Un gars qui passait d'sous fut tué sur le coup
Huit orphelins, veuve éplorée, mais…

Refrain

Grand-papa mit son chaton dans la gueule d'un canon
Bourré le matin même d'une bombe à hydrogène
Après l'premier obus Paris n'existait plus
Adieu Pigalle, les tuileries, la tour Eiffel, mais…

Refrain

Grand-père bien entendu n's'avoua pas vaincu
Entr'autres qualités, il était obstiné
On lui bouffa le foie, la rate et l'estomac
Nez, pattes, oreilles, poils et griffes, mais…

Refrain:
Le chat revint, le lendemain matin
Le chat revint sous forme d'indigestion
Nul ne saura ni comment ni pourquoi
Mais l'estomac de bon-papa ne le supporta pas
Si bien qu'il en creva
PAM-PAM-PAM-PAM (marche funèbre)

Posté par geishalin :

alors là ! si en plus il y a un air traditionnel français identique ou qui ressemble il faut que je le trouve. Qui c'est Benegonde? je vais la chercher elle aussi ! et merci merci merci à tous pour vos réponses. Je ne comprends pas super bien l'anglais mais assez pour voir que la chanson citée par Rick n'est pas la même. Merci pour la recherche quand même! Quant à la chanson the cat came back c'est la même que le matou de steve waring, je vais poursuivre mes recherches pour savoir si l'air existait encore avant…

Posté par geishalin :

Qui c'est Bénégonde ?

Si tu postes encore sur ce forum tu vas vite l'apprendre. Elle te contactera elle même.

Posté par Djanik77 :

[Qui c'est Bénégonde?] Elle te contactera elle même.

Non mais, pour qui tu la fait passer? Elle ne drague pas de jeunes bidonautes le soir du 25 décembre, elle! (ni jamais dailleurs)