Annotation:Reel de la sauterelle

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X:1 T:Reel de la sauterelle T:Reel des overalls S:Joseph Allard (1873-1947, Montreal, Que.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Bluebird B-1104b, Joseph Allard (1937) F:http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/14582.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D fefg a2d2|f2g2a3a|b2a2g2f2|e2f2 gfg2| fefg a2d2|f2g2a3a|b2a2g2f2|e2f2 g2 ag|| fdec A2d2|cdef gbag|fdec A2d2|cdeg fdag| fdec A2d2|cdef gbag|fdec A2g2|fdec d4||

REEL DE LA SAUTERELLE. AKA - "Reel des overalls." French-Canadian, Reel (2/4 or cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Montreal fiddler biography:Joseph Allard (1873-1947) originally recorded the tune at the end of 1932 (released in January, 1933) under the title "Reel des overalls." It was re-released by Victor on their Bluebird label in 1937 as "Reel de la sauterelle." The first strain is very similar to the children's counting song "This Old Man."

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Jean Duval (La Musique de la Joseph Allard 1873-1947), 2018; No. 82, p. 39.

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