PÊCHEUSE, LA (The Fisherwoman). AKA - "La pêcheuse à Pitou Boudreault." French-Canadian, Air (whole time). Canada, Québec. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BC. A ‘crooked’ tune, with extra beats in the third and sixth measures of the ‘C’ part. "La Pêcheuse" was the first tune Chicoutimi fiddler Louis Boudreault (1905-1988) learned on the fiddle. He recalled: “When my mother heard me, her eyes filled with tears, knowing full well I would become a fiddler” (Guy Bouchard). The second strain of Joseph Allard's "Reel des cigarettes" opens with a melodic motif that is similar to that of the second strain of "La Pêcheuse."
Recorded sources : - Jean-Paul Loyer, André Marchand, Pete Sutherland - "Détournement majeur" (1991). TB 200 CD, Les Têtes de violon - "Les Deux rives/Two Shores" (2009).
See also listing at : Identitairs Québécois [1]
Hear/see Daniel Roy play the tune on the Jew's Harp on youtube.com [2]
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