Wilfred,
Roughly it translates as:

O yie yie, where can I go, me?
O darlin', all the world is against me.

O little girl (darlin'), you know, yes, yourself.
O darlin', you know I'm an orphin.

O little girl, each time you get on your knees,
O darlin, pray then for your man.

O little girl, all that they've done to me
O darlin', you know I don't deserve it.

One word of advice: in Louisiana, catin means "sweetheart, darlin', or doll." In the rest of the world, it means trollope or slut. Just so you know when you should and shouldn't use that term.

Thanks Jude

Wilfred

BONSOIRCATIN.COM has that same discussion about the word catin. there is a clip of amede ardoin singing with the word catin in it.

What is the title of the song ?

Catin, prie donc pour ton nègre.


It`s realy a nice tune, and a lot of fun to play.


Wilfred

Any YouTube clip or anywhere else we could listen to it?

It`s on Creole and Cajun music 1, by Alan Lomax.
Or you could drop me an Email, replacing at with @
and dot with .

Wilfred

Gotcha. Merci.