Ah ! Les crocodiles

Ah ! Les crocodiles is a popular children's song in France.^[1]^[2] The song has been around since at least 1860 and relates the adventures of an Egyptian crocodile going to war against Elephants.^[3]

This nineteenth-century nursery rhyme is derived from Jacques Offenbach's song Hooray for the Crocodile, part of the Tromb-al-ca-zar ou les Criminels dramatiques, premiered in April 1856.^[4]

Nursery rhyme edit

References edit

^ Vincent, Arnold (2011). Jeux de cour d'école. Eyrolles. p. 74. ISBN 9782212008098.
^ Canciones infantiles francesas (in French). Ed. Universidad de Cantabria. 2017-10-19. ISBN 978-84-8102-816-4.
^ Laforte, Conrad (1977). Le catalogue de la chanson folklorique française (in French). Presses Université Laval. ISBN 978-2-7637-7125-0.
^ "Tromb-al-ca-zar ou Les criminels dramatiques - Performance - 1856". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2023-04-23.

[1] Vincent, Arnold (2011). Jeux de cour d'école. Eyrolles. p. 74. ISBN 9782212008098.

[2] Canciones infantiles francesas (in French). Ed. Universidad de Cantabria. 2017-10-19. ISBN 978-84-8102-816-4.

[3] Laforte, Conrad (1977). Le catalogue de la chanson folklorique française (in French). Presses Université Laval. ISBN 978-2-7637-7125-0.

[4] "Tromb-al-ca-zar ou Les criminels dramatiques - Performance - 1856". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2023-04-23.

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