Trois Mois d'Campagne (Three Months in the Country)

DESCRIPTION: French. Three months in the country, I'll never do more. My wife is drunk and I have more to drink. Chorus: "P'tits pois, p'tits pois fayot, c'est la musique, sique, sique, c'est la musique tchqu'emploi" meaning "Peas, bean peas, the music of work"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Peacock)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage drink food humorous nonballad
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peacock, p. 799, "Trois Mois d'Campagne" (1 text, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
Mme. Josephine Costard, "Trois Mois d'Campagne" (on PeacockCDROM) [one verse only]
File: Pea799

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