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Re: Chris Miller Song

Hello all,

Yes, Mr. Botter got the lyrics that are posted a little ways down by emailing me. All the lyrics to any of the songs on our CD are included with the CD as well as translations and background information on each tune...for those who have still not purchased a CD (shame on you...HA!) here is some background on that tune...

Two brothers (My grandfather's age), Reoul and Raul LeBlanc, who lived near where I grew up used to play this song. I never heard any singing for this tune...but every now and then someone, after announcing this song, would sing some kind of little verse semi-privately, as if at one time the tune was sung also. I could never pick up very many words...nothing more than "ton 'tit bec est doux."

Some years later when helping an opera composer do research on Cajun tunes, I came across this title with the words that I would later use. The words AND the tune were notated and the tune is slightly different than the accordion version. I decided to combine the two versions even though I had never heard it done like that before. In addition, the B part of the song is the same melody as "la valse de meche" and a few other tunes...so my recording is something like a patchwork quilt. However, as far as the instrumental part of the tune goes...I played it as close as I could remember to what the LeBLanc brothers played and I feel pretty confident that I remembered it exactly...I wanted to preserve what they did since they never recorded. They are credited on the CD.

Double meanings...yes, I think harlan is correct...there are some older folks who said this was a "nasty" song. Pete Bergeron was commenting a few months ago when talkind to me of how "La Pistache a Tante NaNa" was a nasty song and that was why it sold so many records...(we were talking about the latest "nasty" songs like Butt Thang, Vibrator, Booty Call, etc)

After I put my CD project together and looked back at the songs on it, I guess there are a few that have been be mistaken as "double" or "hidden" meaning and perhaps 'nasty?'...(sorry, not intentional)

Ton 'tit bec est doux,

"My baby's got the Yon-Yon"

and a part of "Tante Adele" that people always ask me about..."
Mais quoi elle est apres faire? 'pres faire téter ces 'tits 'ouain-ouain'"



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