X:1
T:Reel du pont
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"Jenny Lind (1)" polka with parts reversed. See
N:also Allard's "Reel Lafrenière"
K:G
g2e2 edce|d2B2 BAGB|c2A2 AGFA|B2G2 GcBd|
g2e2 edce|d2B2 BAGB|c2A2 A2 FA|1 B2G2 G2Bd:|2 B2G2 G3G||
B2d2 c2e2|d2b2 ba b2|c2a2 ag a2|B2g2 gfgd|
B2d2 c2e2|d2b2 ba b2|c2a2 agaf|g2b2 g3d:|]
REEL DU PONT (Bridge Reel). AKA and see "Jenny Lind (1)," "Reel Lafrenière." French-Canadian, Reel or Polka (2/4 or cut time). G Major (Allard): A Major (Carlin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A version of the mid-19th century dance hit, "Jenny Lind (1)," recorded in November, 1933 (released in 1934) for Victor Records by Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947) backed on guitar by Frank Laforge. Joseph Allard The title may honor the Du Pont of Quebec, a mixed railway and road bridge crossing the St. Lawrence River west of Quebec City (north shore) to Lévis (Saint-Nicolas) on the south shore. It was begun in 1903 and is a riveted steel structure with the longest free range in the world.
Allard recorded the same tune a few years later as "Reel Lafrenière."
Compare with other Québécous reworking or versions of "Jenny Lind": Isidore Soucy's "Quadrille champion 1ère partie" (1927), Louis Blancette's "Reel Bagot" (1938), and others.
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