George, as far as learning to sing a Cajun song, here's what worked for me. Look in Ann's book for the song you want to learn, and then locate that particular version. For example, if you're wanting to learn Love Bridge Waltz, you'll find the lyrics in Ann's book in the section on Iry LeJeune. Get yourself an Iry CD (try Cajun's Greatest - The Definitive Collection) and listen to his version, which is sung exactly as Ann has it written. This gives you something to follow, so you can read the phoenetics and practice singing along with the recording. It's worked, and has helped not only with learning to sing the song, but with speaking and understanding some of the language as well. At this point, I could probably converse fairly effectively in Cajun French - as long as we were talking about love, misery or drinking!