Another band from France playing a forgotten dance.
Not sure they were played on the accordion in Louisiana, though. Only on the fiddle maybe. (?)

TRès ntéressante version personnelle de Roger Morand, mais je crois qu'elle a déjà été jouée à l'accordéon par Queen Ida, Jambalaya Cajun Band et Mark de Basile.

MArc

Je ne crois pas avoir entendu ces versions. Là, je viens d'écouter celle de Queen Ida, mais pour moi ça ressemble trop au zydeco habituel.

C'est une adaptation musicalement très libre de Roger, et à mon avis très réussie, de la version originale. Et ce sont les mêmes paroles.

Marc

Cory McCauley plays "Mazurka de la Louisiane" on his album Play That Thing, Yeah Jack. It is my least favorite of the 24 songs on that album.

Ned - check this out on the forum - La Mazurka de la Louisiane - by Francadian Music... - Jan 13, 2007 6:51am

Gérard Dôle explains that "the mazurka originated in the 16th century among the Mazurs of East central Poland and was rapidly adopted by the Polish court. It later spread to Russia and Gerrmany and by the early 19th century had reached France, England and the USA.
Prior to the 1930's, at Cajun house parties mazurkas were a common part of the round of dances which would feature polkas, waltzes, two-steps, mazurkas, varsoviennes and reels in order to give the dancers variety.
Discographically speaking, the Breaux Frères, Clifford, Ophy and Amédée recorded "Mazurka de la Louisiane" in 1934 for Vocalion. More recently, in the early 1970's, another Cajun old-timer, the fiddler Varise Conner (1906-1994) recorded at home "La Mazurka d'Eugène Michon"".

- Couldn't find "La Mazurka d'Eugène Michon". Might be this one on Neal'site:
http://npmusic.org/Tribute_to_Varise_Conner_Untitled_Mazurka.mp3

- Breaux Brothers' recording:

Thanks Christian.

How does one distinguish a cajun mazurka from a waltz? Is it kind of like you distinguish a cajun polka from a schottische?

THe song of Beausoleil "Chez Seychelles" is a waltz :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVdrG444YxI

and originally a mazurka "Mazok seychelles"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bs7k3fuzek

Marc.

so...you just emphasize the 2 and 3 instead of the 3 and 1 and it turns into a Mazurka?

Wikipedia
The mazurka (in Polish mazurek, plural mazurki) is a Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, and with "strong accents unsystematically placed on the second or third beat.

I don't know for sure, but for a mazurka you need to count until twelve with dancing and with a waltz it's always 1,2,3