Pomme pêche poire abricot is a popular French nursery rhymes played in kindergarten and preschool.
The story of the song
Pomme pêche poire abricot (Apple, peach, pear, apricot) is a rhyme about fruits. This little tune is a game to help children get to know and differentiate between them.

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Poor apricot!
It is fun to ask the children to find as many different logical reasons why the apricot is excluded from the list.
Here are 11 ideas:
- Abricot is the only word that doesn't start with a P (it is the only word without a P).
- There is one syllable for pomme, pêche and poire and three for abricot.
- Apricot is the only fruit in the basket that does not have five letters.
- The fruit that is in excess is the one that is masculine (un abricot).
- Apricot is the only fruit that does not end with the vowel "e".
- In general, apricots are not peeled, unlike the other fruits in the basket.
- The apricot is held whole in the mouth.
- Unlike the other fruits in the basket, abricot is the only one that does not end with a letter included in the name of France!
- Abricot is the only fruit that does not end with a letter that forms a semi-circle in its writing.
- The apricot was a spy, the others found him out, and threw him out of the basket!

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Pomme pêche poire abricot
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The lyrics in French
The original song of Pomme pêche poire abricot 1 verse although there are many versions of the song.
Couplet
Pomme, pêche, poire, abricot
Y'en a une, y'en a une
Pomme, pêche, poire, abricot
Y'en a une qui est en trop.
C'est l'abricot
Qui est en trop.
Translation of the lyrics into English
Here is an approximative translation into English:
Verse
Apple, peach, pear, apricot
There's one, there's one
Apple, peach, pear, apricot
There's one that's in excess.
It's the apricot
That's in excess.