Annotation:Reel de Napoléon (1)
X:1
T:Reel de Napoléon [1]
C:Joseph Allard
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:C
GF|"C"EGGc "F"AFAF|"C"EGed "G7"Bcdf|"C"ecGc "F"AFAF|"G7"EGBd "C"cBc2|!
EGGc "F"AFAF|"C"EGed "G7"Bcdf|"C"ecAc "F"AFAF|"G7"EGBd "C"c2:|!
|:ef|"C"gcac gcea|g2ec "G7"Bddf|"C"ecca "F"gedc|"G7"BGAB "C"cBce|!
gcac gcea|g2ec "G7"Bddf|"C"ecGc "F"AFAF|"G7"EGBd "C"c2:|!
REEL DE NAPOLÉON [1] (Napoleon's Reel). French-Canadian, Reel (2/4 or cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The reel was in the repertoire of Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947), recorded by him in 1937 and released on Victor's Bluebird label. A different "Reel de Napoléon (2)" was recorded by Isidore Soucy in 1936, a year before Allard. Allard also recorded this tune as "Reel du voyageur" (Victor 263534-A, 1928) and Jean Carignan used this name in at least two recordings. Carignan's "Reel du voyageur" on on his "Rend hommage à Joseph Allard" album (Philo Records FI 2012, 1976, track B8) and Archives Disque 1, track 32, is the same tune as played by Allard. However, confusingly, Carignan recorded a different tune as "Reel du voyageur (2)" on "Old Time Fiddle Tunes played by Jean Carignan", Folkways Records FG 3531, 1960 track 1 [1]
