Annotation:Valse à Belisare

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VALSE À BELISAIRE (Belisaire's Waltz). Cajun, Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. This popular song is not Cajun in origin. Related songs, according to Raymond Francois (1990), include Roy Acuff's "Precious Jewel," "Phil's Waltz" and "Hills of Roane County."

The Balfa Brothers with accordion player Nathan Abshire

Source for notated version: Nathan Abshire [1] (1913-1981, La.) [Francois].

Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 339-341.

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