Petit Mari, Le

DESCRIPTION: French. "Mon pere m'a donne-t-un petit mari." The girl complains that her father wed her to a tiny husband, "a manikin, not a man." She complains about all the problems this causes -- e.g. the cat confuses him with a rat
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1934 (Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry)
KEYWORDS: humorous foreignlanguage husband wife animal
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry, pp. 189-190, "Le Petit Mari" (1 French text plus translation, 1 tune)
File: LoSi189

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