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Tracks that reference Ah! vous dirai-je, maman:

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• Alphabet song by Charles Bradlee

Lyrics:

Ah! Vous dirai-je maman (Oh! Shall I tell you, Mama)
Ce qui cause mon tourment? (What is causing my torment?)
Papa veut que je raisonne (Daddy wants me to reason)
Comme une grande personne (Like a big person)
Moi je dis que les bonbons (But I say that candies)
Valent mieux que la raison (Are worth more than the reason!)

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The provided lyrics are the most common version of this French nursery rhyme, and are a parody of "La Confidence naïve", a 1774 poem that was the first known publication of the melody set to words. The tune itself was first published in 1761 and is an anonymous pastoral song believed to date back to the 1740s. This melody forms the basis of not only the Alphabet song, but also other nursery rhymes like "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep".