- Music written by
- Michel Mauleart Monton
- Original lyrics written by
- Oswald Durand
- Composition date
- 1883
- Language
- Haitian
- Adapted from
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Choukoun written by Oswald Durand
- Uses parts from
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Colby written by [Traditional] - Element
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borrows similar melody line
- Comments
- Words of poem set to music by Monton, based on a French berceuse, or cradle song, and elements of other traditional songs. The poem itself remained unpublished until 1896. The song is also known in Haitian Creole as “Ti Zwazo” (French: “Petite oiseau”, English: “Little Bird”). As is typical for a song of this age, there are many different arrangements and variant lyrics.
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license