What is a Choucoune?

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"Choucoune" (Haitian Creole: Choukoun) is a 19th century Haitian song composed by Michel Mauleart Monton with lyrics from a poem by Oswald Durand. It was rewritten with English lyrics in the 20th century as "Yellow Bird." One of Oswald Durand's most famous works is the 1883 "Choucoune," a lyrical poem praising the beauty of a Haitian woman of that nickname. Michel Mauleart Monton, an American-born pianist with a Haitian father and an American mother, composed music for the poem in 1893 appropriating some French and Caribbean fragments to create his tune. The song became a popular slow méringue (mereng) song in Haiti and is sometimes called "Ti Zwazo" or "Ti Zwezo" (French: Petits Oiseaux; Little Birds) after a line in the chorus.