Annotation:Valse de Bayou Chene

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VALSE DE BAYOU CHENE (Bayou Chene Waltz). See also "Valse de Duson." Cajun, Waltz. USA, Louisiana. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA(Vocal)BBA(Vocal)BBA(Vocal)B. A related song is "Big Boy Waltz", also by Iry LeJeune, according to Raymond Francois (1990). Bayou Chene is an upper tributary of Bayou Lacassine, and can be found south of Welsh, Louisiana.

Source for notated version: Iry LeJeune (La.) [Francois].

Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 33-35.

Recorded sources: Goldband Records GB-LP7741, Iry LeJeune.