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But it's not alligator pie any longer, because apparently finding good rhymes for "alligator" in French is surprisingly challenging.

Awesome. Here's the original:

Alligator pie, alligator pie,
If I don't get some I think I'm gonna die.
Give away the green grass, give away the sky,
But don't give away my alligator pie.

Alligator stew, alligator stew,
If I don't get some I don't know what I'll do.
Give away my furry hat, give away my shoe,
But don't give away my alligator stew.

Alligator soup, alligator soup,
If I don't get some I think I'm gonna droop.
Give away my hockey stick, give away my hoop,
But don't give away my alligator soup.

Date: 2005-11-04 03:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lostvoice.livejournal.com
I have a first-edition, signed by Dennis Lee, Alligator Pie record.

Wheee!

WOW!

Date: 2005-11-04 05:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] raithen.livejournal.com
Along with its English-language equivalent, Alligator Stew: Favourite Poems by Dennis Lee, the anthology is being handed out free to every Grade 1 pupil from coast to coast in conjunction with Canadian Children's Book Week, which continues until tomorrow.

Now THAT is SO. WONDERFUL!!

*thinks hard as to where she can find a grade 1 childe to mug borrow the book from*

Date: 2005-11-04 05:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] raithen.livejournal.com
and more wow:

and French-language editor Marie-Lynn Hammond, a writer and founding member of the folk group Stringband.

I have her last solo album! and she has a Canadian horse! And we've exchanged emails!

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