Annotation:Patte du mouton (La)
X:1 T:Patte du mouton, La M:2/2 L:1/8 B:J.A. Boucher â âLe Repertoire du Violoneuxâ (1933, No. 109, p. 52) B:âLe Repertoire du Violoneuxâ (Nouvelle Ă©dition 2018 par Jean Duval) [1] K:A EGAB|c2c2 cdcB|ABcA EGAc|BABc dcBA|c2c2 EGAB| c2c2 EGAB|c2c2 cdcB|ABcA EGAc|[M:3/2]BBGB A2A2:| |:c e2e|[M:2/2]e2 ce eecf|eccc c3c|c3c BABd|c2c2 EGAB| c2c2 cdcB|c2c2 cdcB|ABcA EGAc|[M:3/2] BBGB A2A2:| |:A,CEG|[M:2/2] A3A AGAc|BABc dBcA|BG A2 A,CEG|F3G F2 ED|[M:3/2]CA,B,C B,2A,2:|
PATTE DU MOUTON (Leg of Mutton). AKA - "Patte de Mouton," "Sheep Shanks," "Sheep Paw." AKA and see "Reel du pendu." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard or ADae tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. A version of "Reel du pendu" (Hanged Man's Reel), often heard in two-part versions in Quebec but sometimes with additional sections or variations attached. Researcher Jean Duval records that the title "Patte du mouton' is common for the 'Reel du pendu" in Gaspésie and Acadie, in both French and English. For example, he says, fiddler Romeo Hottot from Douglastown in the Gaspé (filmed by Glenn Patterson) calls "Sheep's Paw" a version of the "Hanged Man's Reel."
For another QuĂ©bĂ©cois 'mutton' tune, see AimĂ© Gagnon's "Cotillon de la patte du mouton." See also âPaddy on the Turnpike (1).â