Paroles
1. Old Jeremiah he jumped in the fire.
2. The fire was so hot he jumped in the pot.
3. The pot was so little he jumped in the kettle.
4. The kettle was so black he jumped in the crack.
5. The crack was so high he jumped in the sky.
6. The sky was so blue he jumped in the canoe.
7. The canoe was so long he jumped in the pond.
8. The pond was so deep he jumped in the creek.
9. The creek was so shallow he jumped in the tallow.
10. The tallow was so hard he jumped in the lard.
11. The lard was so soft he jumped in the loft.
12. The loft was so rotten he jumped in the cotton.
13. The cotton was so white he stayed there all night.
Traduction
Le vieux Jérémy a sauté dans les flammes.
Le feu était chaud, il a sauté dans un pot.
Le pot était chaud, il a sauté dans une marmite...