I discovered this on Jai Vu Le Loup of course, and am intriqued. Can anyone tell me something about the origin of this song? It has such a Celtic sound that I an envision a couple of Scottish pipers playing this with some gals dancing a jig. Is this a Balfa original or an old traditional European tune? I know there are a lot of parallels between Cajun and Irish accordion and was wondering if this song had an Irish origin that the Balfa's adopted. I have not been able to find any Irish diatonic accordion music on the web so cannot make any comparisons but would like to study some if anyone has any references.
BTW, and this may seem trivial to you experts, but this is the first accordion tune I've been able to pick out soley by ear. I've been able to add this to my whopping 6 song repertoire, but all of my first tunes I had tabs or sheet music to help me through the first few phrases, and never having played anything except by sight reading music, this is a pretty big deal for a beginner like me. It is a fun tune and I am having a great time with it. If anyone has any information on it's origin I would appreciate.
Hal
Frenchtown, Montana
(sorry, I'm not French. The hometown is just a coincidence)
Hal, could you point to an internet link where we can listen to this song?
I'm not familiar with it, but curious. There are several songs that are very similar within the Cajun and French Canadian repertoire. French Canadian does contain a strong celtic influence. Maybe that song is one of them. Who knows?
The April 2011 Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week
