Annotation:Cobbler's Reel (1)

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COBBLER'S REEL [1] (Reel des cordonnier). AKA and see "Partie de set canadien (Soucy)," "Reel des cordonniers," "Reel des vieilles filles," "Reel du père Latrimouille," "Reel du petit cordonnier (Le)," "Shoemaker's Reel," "You Married My Daughter but Yet You Didn’t." French-Canadian, New England; Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody under the title "Reel des cordonnier" (Cobblers'/Shoemakers Reel) stems from a 1941 recording under that name by Tommy Duchesne (1909-1986, originally from Saguenay, Quebec), Oscar Tiffault (1912–1998) and others. However, the tune was earlier recorded under the titles "Reel du père Latrimouille" (Jospeh Allard, 1933), and "Partie de set canadien (Soucy)" (Isidore Soucy, 1936). Allard and Soucy researcher Jean Duval notes that a version of the second strain of "Reel des cordonniers/Cobblers' Reel" is also to be found in the second strain of Soucy's "Quadrille des Laurentides 3ème partie."

The tune also has been popular as the vehicle for a Québec folk-song under the title "Tout d'un coup tu maries ma fille." The chorus goes:

Tout d'un coup tu maries ma fille,
Tout d'un coup tu la maries pas;
Tout d'un coup tu pars en Egypte,
Tout d'un coup tu restes au Canada.

The reference to Egypt could stem from the 1956 Suez Canal crisis, in which Canadians formed some of the peacekeeping force established by the U.N., or to late 19th/early 20th century Anglo-Franco Colonial excursions to Egypt and the Sudan.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Danny Gardella [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 55.

Recorded sources : - Tommy Duchesne - "De l'Accordéon à La Manière de Tommy Duchesne."

See also listing at :
See Frank Mackay's article "Qui se souvient de l'ingénieur Percy Girouard?" [1] for more on the Egypt reference.
Hear Oscar Tiffault's recording
Hear Tommy Duchesne's recording on youtube.com [2]

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