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Early Cajun Music: "Lemonade Song" - Leroy Broussard

LeRoy Broussard was another popular Cajun accordion player during the 1940s. He had played with Chester "Pee Wee" Broussard. According to Mr. C.J. Broussard, LeRoy was the first Cajun accordionist to play dances standing up contrary to the credit given the late Austin Pitre.

Read more: http://earlycajunmusic.blogspot.com/2015/11/lemonade-song-leroy-broussard.html

Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15aqGUVY7gY

Re: Early Cajun Music: "Lemonade Song" - Leroy Broussard

Thanks for the regular additions of new pages, WF.

Is "Carry on" the name of a drink?
Because LB sings: "Passez moi le verre de "carry on", and that's also the French trancription; whereas the English translation reads: "Pass me the glass then carry on.

Re: Early Cajun Music: "Lemonade Song" - Leroy Broussard

Christian, I asked dad that years ago, he said it was a product similar to Hadacol (copycat?) available back in the day.

Re: Early Cajun Music: "Lemonade Song" - Leroy Broussard

Christian / Bryan -

The product was called "Karryon." It was launched by Louisiana state senator Dudley J. LeBlanc after he sold off his "Hadacol" brand to a syndicate on unwary Yankee investors (which subsequently went belly up).

See the linked site for the complete (and pretty funny) story of LeBlanc and Hadacol.

Re: Early Cajun Music: "Lemonade Song" - Leroy Broussard

Oops - make that "Kary-On."

Re: Early Cajun Music: "Lemonade Song" - Leroy Broussard

Thanks Bryan and Bassman. Yes, funny story! (I couldn't find anything on Internet because of the wrong spelling in the song).

Re: Early Cajun Music: "Lemonade Song" - Leroy Broussard

Excellent detective work!

WF



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