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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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