Josephine
Benoît Archambault Lyrics


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JOSÉPHINE


Joséphine applaudit
Y a congé d’école aujourd’hui
Le nez à la fenêtre du salon
Joséphine compte les flocons
Trente-dix-sept
Cinquante-seize
Quarante-quatorze
Deux cent vingt-treize

Mille cent trente-douze
Trois cent vingt et onze
Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf...
Cent !

Oh, Joséphine raconte
Tout ce qui ne se compte pas
Pa-pa-pa...
Jo-Jo-Jo-séphi-iiiine

Joséphine gribouille
N'entend pas son ventre qui gargouille
Dessine son après-midi
Au zoo avec tous les amis

Serpent à bosses
Poisson-pinceau
Flamand jaune
Dromachameau

Pandaraignée
Souripocampe
Et une barbapapa
Qui colle aux dents !

Oh, Joséphine apprivoise
Tout ce qui ne se voit pas
Pa-pa-pa...
Jo-Jo-Jo-séphi-iiiine


Dans les prés verts
En plein hiver
Le nez en l’air
Les yeux ouverts
Joséphine rêve...

Joséphine au dodo
Veut son bec et son grand verre d’eau
Quand le sommeil lui fait faux bond
Elle compte les kangourmoutons

Trente-quatorze
Quarante-quinze
Trois cent quarante-douzzzzz...





Jo-Jo-Jo-séphi-iiiine

Overall Meaning

The song "Joséphine" by Benoît Archambault tells the story of a young girl named Joséphine. The lyrics describe her playful and imaginative nature as she counts snowflakes, doodles, and dreams. Joséphine finds joy in the simple things around her and sees beauty in the world that cannot be measured or seen.


In the first verse, Joséphine is home from school and applauding with excitement. She looks out the window and counts the snowflakes, reveling in their uniqueness. The numbers she counts are seemingly random, emphasizing the whimsical nature of her observations. Joséphine then tells stories about things that cannot be counted, emphasizing her imaginative and creative spirit.


The second verse continues to explore Joséphine's imagination as she doodles and ignores the growling of her hungry stomach. She draws her afternoon at the zoo with all her friends, listing various animals she imagines, including a serpent with bumps, a brush fish, a yellow flamingo, and a camel-dromedary hybrid. She also includes imaginary creatures like a spider-panda and a mouse-seahorse. The mention of a sticky cotton candy that sticks to the teeth adds a touch of innocence and sweetness to the lyrics.


Line by Line Meaning

Joséphine applaudit
Joséphine claps her hands


Y a congé d’école aujourd’hui
There's no school today


Le nez à la fenêtre du salon
Her nose against the living room window


Joséphine compte les flocons
Joséphine counts the snowflakes


Trente-dix-sept
Thirty-seven


Cinquante-seize
Fifty-six


Quarante-quatorze
Forty-fourteen


Deux cent vingt-treize
Two hundred twenty-three


Mille cent trente-douze
One thousand one hundred thirty-two


Trois cent vingt et onze
Three hundred twenty-one


Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf...
Ninety-nine...


Cent !
One hundred!


Oh, Joséphine raconte
Oh, Joséphine tells


Tout ce qui ne se compte pas
All the things that can't be counted


Pa-pa-pa...
La-la-la...


Jo-Jo-Jo-séphi-iiiine
Jo-Jo-Jo-Joséphine


Joséphine gribouille
Joséphine scribbles


N'entend pas son ventre qui gargouille
Doesn't hear her growling stomach


Dessine son après-midi
Draws her afternoon


Au zoo avec tous les amis
At the zoo with all her friends


Serpent à bosses
Bumpy snake


Poisson-pinceau
Brush fish


Flamand jaune
Yellow flamingo


Dromachameau
Dromedary camel


Pandaraignée
Pandaspider


Souripocampe
Smiling seahorse


Et une barbapapa
And a cotton candy


Qui colle aux dents !
That sticks to your teeth!


Oh, Joséphine apprivoise
Oh, Joséphine tames


Tout ce qui ne se voit pas
All the things that can't be seen


Pa-pa-pa...
La-la-la...


Jo-Jo-Jo-séphi-iiiine
Jo-Jo-Jo-Joséphine


Dans les prés verts
In the green meadows


En plein hiver
In the middle of winter


Le nez en l’air
Nose in the air


Les yeux ouverts
Eyes wide open


Joséphine rêve...
Joséphine dreams...


Joséphine au dodo
Joséphine going to bed


Veut son bec et son grand verre d’eau
Wants her pacifier and her big glass of water


Quand le sommeil lui fait faux bond
When sleep eludes her


Elle compte les kangourmoutons
She counts the kanga-sheep


Trente-quatorze
Thirty-fourteen


Quarante-quinze
Forty-fifteen


Trois cent quarante-douzzzzz...
Three hundred forty-baaaa...


Jo-Jo-Jo-séphi-iiiine
Jo-Jo-Jo-Joséphine




Lyrics © Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
Written by: Benoit Archambault

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