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Re: words to La Betaille

I assume they also gave credit to the first guy to record it, Isom Fontenot? My original inspiration, Harrison Fontenot, also made a good recording of it. Love that song, and one of the first I learned. I haven't heard Steve's recording yet.

Re: words to La Betaille

LA BETAILLE

Equand la bétaille elle a monté dans l'tit arbre,
Elle a tombé sur la hache,
L'a fait du mal à la bétaille,
La bétaille à yeux bleus,
La bétaille à cheveux rouges.
Hey, mon bébé,
Gardez donc où j'veux aller,
Depuis à l'âge de 14 ans J'ai roulé manche à manche,
Avec mon jug au plombeau et le fer dans la main,
J'ai crié bye bye, bye bye à la belle,
Y'a personne m'a répondu,
Moi j'm'en va moi tout seul,
A la maison (z)en pleurant,
Mes misères, malheureuse.

J'arrive à la maison,
Mon j'trouve ma chère maman,
Assise sur l'escalier,
Après faire ses prières,
En disant mon cher garçon,
T'es le seul dans l'pays,
Qui fait de t'amuser,
Reviens avec moi,
A ma maison cher tit monde.

Marc

Re: words to La Betaille

Marc, thank you very much for these words, you have come to the rescue countless times. Now to pronounce them correctly.
Merci Beaucoup.

Re: words to La Betaille

Thanks Don. It's easy for me, and also Kevin Wimmer is a good French speaker.
I know the French phonetics, but I would like to know the English phonetics . Sorry !

Marc

Re: words to La Betaille

Interesting lyrics, he added a few.

Re: words to La Betaille

Don,

Charlie Begnaud and I were in the photo shoot at Joel Savoy's place for the album cover. We posed for a dozen pics, then ate the gumbo provided by the band. The shot on the back cover is the only one that made the cut. (I'm back row, left. CB is to my left.)

Free gumbo. Credit on the CD cover. I'm lovin' this show biz!



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