French Lullaby by Ellen Hale

Ellen Hale (1959); British/French. “My homeland is where stars shine, all sounds where wind blows… Sleep comes to me like a heavy blanket. When I cannot to fall asleep I relax my eyes and mouth and repeat one word… I love the sound of the wind in the trees. I love lilacs.”  Her French lullaby on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISa7XgqYLbA

Translation:

The grey chicken who sleeps in the church

She’s going to lay a little egg,

For her little one who is going to take a nap.

All the little chickens peep, peep, peep,

When they are hungry, when they are cold, peep, peep, peep.

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