Chef de Gare, The

DESCRIPTION: French. "Le chef de gare, il est coucou (x2), Qui est coucou? Le chef da gare, C'est que sa femme voulut -- voulut -- oh..ee...." The station chief is "cuckoo." Who is cuckoo? The station chief. It's because his wife is... uh-oh...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Shay-BarroomBallads/PiousFriendsDrunkenCompanions)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage wife nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shay-BarroomBallads/PiousFriendsDrunkenCompanions, p. 46, "Le Chef de Gare" (1 short text)
File: SBar046

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