L'Hippocampe [The Sea Horse]

Recording: Mary Ellen Callahan, Zara Lawler, and Margaret Kampmeier

Gloire! Gloire au bel hippocampe,
Cheval marin, cheval de trempe,
Qu’aucun jockey n’a chevauché,
Qu’aucun cocher n’a harnaché,
Hip! Hip! Hip! Pour l’hippocampe,
Gloire! Gloire au bel hippocampe,
Dans une poche, sur son ventre,
Il porte et il couve ses œufs,
Là, ses petits sont bien chez eux,
Hip! Hip! Hip! Pour l’hippocampe.

Hail! Hail to the handsome seahorse,
Equine seafarer, horse of the water,
Which no jockey has ridden,
Which no coach has harnessed,
Hip, hip, hooray! For the seahorse,
Hail! Hail to the handsome seahorse,
In a pocket, on his belly,
He carries and hatches his eggs,
There, his little ones are quite at home,
Hip, hip, hooray! For the seahorse!