Breton song

My henny-pen I’ve lost

And I’ve lost my cat

I’d run myself to dust

If God would bring them back.

I’ll go see Jean le Coz

And Marie Maria too

Go and check with Herod

Maybe he’ll know what to do.

By the hall I went

Where all the town was at

Watching dance my hen

With my kitty-cat.

All the country birds

On every roof and wall

Were playing trumpeters

For the banquet royal.

Max Jacob