Cribisse! Cribisse! (Crawfish! Crawfish!)

DESCRIPTION: "Cribisse! Cribisse! pas gain di tout "show" bebe!... Creyole trappe ye pou' fait gumbo bebe." Sung in English and in (Creole) French, this song mocks the propensity of the Creole to be found around crawfish and vice versa.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939
KEYWORDS: nonballad humorous foreignlanguage
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Botkin-TreasuryMississippiRiverFolklore, p. 580, "Cribisse! Cribisse! (Crawfish! Crawfish!)" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: BMRF580

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