Re: Early Cajun Music: "Mon Camon La Case Que Je Suis Cordane" - Douglas Bellard
"Mon camon la case que je suis cordane". What is this curious title in Creole French ? But when I listen to the song, I understand "Mon connais la cause que je suis c-o-n-d-a-m-n-é " (I know the cause that I am condemned).
Re: Early Cajun Music: "Mon Camon La Case Que Je Suis Cordane" - Douglas Bellard
Nice, Neal, I didn't catch that. If anyone has JP Bruneau's cd "Les Haricots Sont Pas Salé", (one of my favorites), after the song "La Porte De la Prison", Bee Fontenot explains a little about Douglas killing a guy he caught stealing chickens.