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Frick, frack, frock,
It's his spur^[1] passing;
Click, clack, clock,
It's the rooster Tick-tock,
Flick, flack, flock,
It's the little rooster.

QUIBUS, QUABUS.

Quibus, quabus!
Who is that chuckling?^[2]
It's the hen and her chicks,
Who have neither socks nor shoes;
Mr Duck and Mrs Goose,
Who never want to walk straight.
They come from far away, come on!
From by the sea of beetles,^[3]
Where they found nothing to devour^[4]
Except for crumbly cheese.
Ah! Give them quickly, for they are hungry,
Give them quickly a crust of bread.
Mr Rooster, in a brave tone,
Already cries out: Cock-a-doodle-doo!

 

1. Ergot (s.m.), spur (of a cock), dew claw (of a dog).
2. Glousser (v.a.), to chuckle.
3. Scarabées (s.f.pl.), beetles.
4. Gruger (v.a.), (fig.) to devour.