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Annotation:Jument Grise (La)
X:2 T:Jument Grise, La M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Genticorum D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSuR1Ltabmg K:G B|dBBA B2 AB|dBBA G3B|dBBA B2 ge|1dBAB G3:|2 dBAB GDEF|| |:GBEB GB E2|FADA FA D2|GABc dgge|1dBAB GDEF:|2 dBAB G3||
JUMENT GRISE, LA. AKA and see "Bois-Brulé Jig," "Gigue à Philibert (La)," "Gigue de campagne," "Reel à Philibert (Le)," "Reel en sol d'André Alain (3)," "Reel de Chicoutimi," "Reel de Péribonka," "Reel de St-Hilaire," "Shire dans la forge," "Spruce Knot (The)." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune has been recorded a number of times over the past 100 years under a variety of titles, with the earliest being by Georges Frappier (1921) and Alfred Montmarquette (1928). Joseph Allard's "Reel de Péribonka" (1945) is cognate in both parts (reversed), as is Georges Frappier's "Sets canadiens (2)" (1921), Nephtali Billette's "Shire dans la forge" and Pitou Boudreault's 'crooked' "Gigue à Philibert (La)." Jean Carignan and Jean-Claude Mirandette called their versions, respectively, by the generic titles "Gigue à deux" and "La double jigue." A.J. Boulay's "Gigue de campagne" is cognate in the duple-time strains following the a first strain in 6/8 time. Singer Madame Bolduc recorded a comic song version in 1932 as "J'ai un bouton sur le bout de la langue." Paul Fackler also finds a cognate version in Douglastown, Gaspé, fiddler Erskine Morris's "Bois-Brulé Jig."
Allard's nearly identically-titled "Reel de la jument grise" is a different tune altogether (a variant of "Enrico").
