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Dors, Mon Enfant de la Forêt
Key: A minor~60 BPMGuitar & Piano chordsOriginal · Gabon
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Dors, Mon Enfant de la Forêt Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Gabon's French-language cradle-song tradition, shaped by its dense equatorial rainforest and the great Ogooué River. Here you will find the lyrics, English translation, meaning, and chords.
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Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
Am E Am
Dors, dors, mon enfant,
Dm E Am
la foret chante doucement.
C G
L'Ogooue coule vers la mer,
Dm E Am
dors, dors, mon petit coeur.
In English
What the words mean
“Sleep, sleep, my child, the forest sings softly. The Ogooué flows toward the sea, sleep, sleep, my little heart.”
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Chords — guitar & piano
Am
Guitar
Piano
Dm
Guitar
Piano
E
Guitar
Piano
C
Guitar
Piano
G
Guitar
Piano
Good to know
What “Dors, Mon Enfant de la Forêt” Means
Gabon’s dense equatorial rainforest and the great Ogooué River, the country’s longest, run through daily life and its French-language lullabies alike. This original cradle song borrows both, a soft forest chorus and a river flowing gently to the Atlantic.
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