Gagné.
Who did the first Cajun version? I have an old one by Happy Fats (from Neal's site, I think).

On YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2WpAEiTARI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKjAqh8KJe0

Happy Fats and Doc Guidry. If you make a waltz of it you have La Valse De Bayou Lafourche.
We play it all the time. I don't know how you guys recognize songs like that, I am just glad I can play them. Nice one Christain.
Le Piquant

I would have never picked out that they were the same tunes.

I asked my wife to listen to Faded Love and see if she could figure out what song it was changed into. So she started playing it at regular speed and I told her to speed up the tempo. She got it right away. I would have never gotten that. Cool
Le Piquant

I have a LP from Doug Sahm and Friends.
On that album is a version of Faded Love.
Great version (imo).
Awesome cover on the album. Link#2

it;s not the same melody though
that;s a big part of 'the song'
not just 'it has the same chords'
[even though lyrics, melody, feel are all different]

wle

The Balfas don't sing exactly the same melody as Happy Fats (my favorite). I can't tell what notes they changed but their version is slightly different to my ears (sounds out of tune, in fact ) . I couldn't find Happy Fats' version on Internet but it is on this CD:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/r494381

That's the one that sounds the most like "Faded Love".

(And an older version is on the "Cajun Capers" CD).

Christian

It's a kind of hocus-pocus and I couldn't believe it.
But there are parts in the songs that are similar.
It's not so obvious as in the Valse de Cherokee and the Midland Two Step.(for me)