Annotation:Chère Alice

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 CHÈRE ALICE (Dear Alice). AKA - "Valse a' 'Tit 'Dam Hanks" (Little Adam Hank's Waltz). Cajun Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB(Vocal)AAAA(Vocal)AA. Related songs, according to Raymond Francois (1990), are Austin Pitre's "Rainbow Waltz," Lawrence Walker's "Country Waltz [1]," Angelas LeJeune's "Valse a' 'Tit 'Dam Hanks" and Moise Robin's and Leo Soileau's "Valse de Josephine." Source for notated version: Lawrence Walker (La.) [Francois]. Printed source: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 70-72. Recorded source: La Louisiane Records LL-LP126, Lawrence Walker.

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