Annotation:Fleur de Mandragore
X:1 T:Fleur de Mandragore C:Michel Bordeleau Z:Henrik Norbeck id:hn-reel-707 Q:1/4=173 M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel K:A E2AE GABc|Aeed cAAF|E2AE GA~B2|~B3d cAAF| E2AE GABc|Aeed cAAF|E2AE GA~B2|1 ~B3d cAAF:|2 [M:3/2] ~B3d cA~A2 ABce|| [M:C|] |:a3a a2ga|bAaA gAeA|dfed cABc|defg agfe| a3a a2ga|bAaA gAeA|dfed cABc|1 dcBc BAA2:|2 dcBc BAAF||
FLEUR DE MANDRAGORE. French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was composed by Michel Bordeleau, a multi-instrumentalist with the Québec band La Bottine Souriante. Mandragora is also known as the Mandrake or Mayapple plant. The scientific name, Podophyllum peltatum, means “foot leaf like a shield.” The leaves resemble a duck’s food — it was once called that — and they tend to hide the flower and fruit, shielding it. The Mayapple usually grows in colonies in leaf-losing forests, meaning it likes to grow in the shade, and the parts of the plant (save for the ripe fruit) are quite poisonous.
