Annotation:Je Suis Orphelin

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 JE SUIS ORPHELIN (I'm an Orphan). Cajun, Waltz. USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Related songs, according to Raymond Francois (1990), are Iry LeJeune's "Viens m' Chercher," Dennis McGee's "Valse a Tante Aleen (La)" and Irene Whitfield's "L'Orphelin."  Source for notated version: Dewey Balfa (La.) [Francois].  Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; p. 171.  Recorded sources: Swallow Records SW-LP6019, Dewey Balfa.

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