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FOLLOWING FRENCH VERSE IS RECITED WHILE THE PAPA BOUNCES
HIS LITTLE ONE ON HIS KNEE.
PETIT GALOP, PETITGALOP, PETIT GALOP, PETIT GALOP,
GROS GALOP, GROS GALOP, GROS GALOP, GROS GALOP.

Submitter comment: THE EQUIVALENT IN ENGLISH IS LITTLE GALLOP, ETC.,
FOLLOWED BY BIG GALLOP. THE FATHER FIRST BOUNCES
SLIGHTLY, THEN BOUNCES CHILD VIGOROUSLY, WHILE
RECITING VERSE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 02-17-1970

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