This is song I just learned from Wilson Savoy's new DVD. Does anyone have the lyrics for it?
Also, What's your favorite interpretation of it? I can't recall hearing it on any of my CDs..?
There are a few great recorded versions of Viens Me Chercher.
Horace Trahan on "Ossun Blues"
Jesse Lege on "Live! At The Isleton Crawdad Festival"
Marc Savoy on "Made in Louisiana" (but no vocals)
Jude Moreau on "Retourner Au Les Vieux Temps/Return To The Old Times"
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Oh, y yaie, cher tit monde,
Catin, mets-toi à voir,
Bien à jongler, ça t'as fait.
C'est pas la peine que tu te lamentes,
Viens donc me chercher,
y yaie ton papa va me dire
je peut pas aller t'après
Oh, tit fille,
c'est tous les soirs, je me couche
J'embrasse mon oreiller
des fois en jonglant
Faire des accroires que ça serait toi,
qui serais là,
Mais tout je peux voir,
tu t'en reviendrais pas me voir.
Re: Re: Lyrics for Tante Aline (Viens me chercher)
Tante aline's waltz was recorded by Dennis Mcgee and Sady Courville. It's available on one of the two discs that are out, the white and blue one I think.
Also listen to Parting waltz on the Cheese Read Cd and Orphans waltz on the Balfa yellow album.
They are all related. Hell, they are almost note for note the same song only different lyrics and keys.
My favorite waltz to play on fiddle by the way!
LZ
Re: Re: Re: Lyrics for Tante Aline (Viens me chercher)
Hi Maz
You should really get Anne Savoy's book 'Cajun Music-Reflections of a People". or also Raymond Lafleur's Book, because you'll find so many lyrics in them. There are 2 versions of Iry Lajeune lyrics to "Viens me Chercher", I believe. I could send them to you when I get back to Montreal. I love Dewey Balfa's version of Viens M'Chercher, by the way. It's the one I know by heart. If you are interested I could write it down.
Je t'envoie un Gros Merci, R-Y pour ta gentillesse et ton acceuil pendant mon sejour a Halifax. Felicitations pour ton progres en musique. Bonne chance avec ton violon aussi, tu as vraiment une bonne oreille pour le ton, ca veut dire que tu vas apporter beaucoup de beau frissons a un tas d'ecouteurs pendant ton sejour sur la planete.
Bonne Annee mon cher.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Lyrics for Tante Aline (Viens me chercher)
That's right -the Valse d'Orphelin by Dewey Balfa
It's the same tune but different words - the emotion is beautiful
The strange thing is the words almost sound overly sentimental
but the voice carries it off and makes it all believable.
Sorry about the misnomer on the Raymond E. François book.