Annotation:Marie Chamberland
X:1 T:Marie Chamberland T:Turkey in the Straw M:C| L:1/8 R:Polka Q:"Quick" N:from the playing of Antonio Gauthier, who recorded in the 1920's. D:Starr 15279 (78 RPM), Antonio Gauthier (1926) D:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/15523.mp3 N:http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/virtual-gramophone/Pages/Item.aspx?idNumber=1007647828 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G BA|GFGD G,2 B,C|DEDC D2GA|BABc BAGA|BGAG AcBA| GFGD G,2 B,C|DEDC D2GA|BABc dBGB|(c/B/A) FA G2 (B/c/B)| GFGD G,DB,C|DEDC B,A,G,(B/c/|B)ABc dBGB|BGAG AcBA| GFGD G,DB,C|DEDC B,A,G,(B/c/|B)ABc dBGB|cAFA G2G2|| |:[DB]-[D2d2][DB]- [Dd][DB]-[D2d2]| [DB]-[D2d2][DB]- [Dd][DB]-[D2d2]| c-[e2e2]c- [ee]c-[e2e2]|c-[e2e2]c- [e2e2]ef| gage d2ef|gage d2Bc|BAGA Bcde|[M:3/2]dBGA (B/c/B) AF G2G2[M:C|]:|
MARIE CHAMBERLAND. AKA and see "Turkey in the Straw." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB'. "Marie Chamberland" is Quebec fiddler Antonio Gauthier's (1899-1927) version of "Turkey in the Straw"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/a/j/ajsxvij7plds1p66zygbswnw4k7e58q/ajsxvij7.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/a/j/ajsxvij7plds1p66zygbswnw4k7e58q/ajsxvij7.png" width="691" height="81" alt=" X:1 T:Turkey in the Straw M:2/4 L:1/8 K:G B/A/|(G/F/)G/A/ (G/D/)B,/C/|(D/E/)D/B,/ DG/A/|(B/A/)B/c/ (B/A/)G/A/|(B/A/)A/B/ A2 B/A/|:|| "></div> with a slightly 'crooked' (irregular meter) second strain, but otherwise fairly faithful to the original. Ethnomusicologist Jean Duval posits that the tune may have been named for the young child Marie Chamberland born in 1922 in Shawinigan, Québec, Gauthier's home town.
