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'TIT MONDE (Little One). AKA - "Te Mone." Cajun, Waltz (3/4 time). USA, southwestern Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). A(Vocal)BBAA(Vocal)B. The 78 RPM recording of accordion player Iry LeJeune and his band was released as "Te Mone." 'Tit Monde' is a term of endearment, meaning roughly 'you're my whole world'. LeJeune's waltz is informed by accordion player Amede Ardoin's 1934 recording "Oberlin".
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - accordion player Iry LeJeune (La.) [Francois].
Printed sources : - Francois (Yé Yaille Chère!), 1990; pp. 287-288.
Recorded sources : - Ace CDCHD 428, Iry LeJeune - "Cajun's Greatest (The Definitive Collection)" (1992). Arhoolie CD445, Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin with Canray Fontenot - “La Musique Creole.” Folk-Star Records F-101 - Iry Lejeune And His Lacassine Playboys- "Teche Special/Te Mone". Goldband Records GB-LP7741, Iry LeJeune - "The Legendary Iry LeJeune" (1991).
See also listing at :
See the extensive entry on Iry LeJeune and this tune at Early Cajun Music site [1]
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