Annotation:Valse de Grande Prairie
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VALSE DE GRANDE PRAIRIE (Grand Prairie Waltz). Cajun, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Grand Prairie is a town located east of Ville Platte, Louisiana. Raymond Francois (1990) says the song has different moods, with the first verse being a happy one (love gained) while the second is unhappy (love lost).
Source for notated version: Joe Bonsall [Francois].
Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 155-156.
Recorded sources: Swallow Recoreds SW-LP6049, Joe Bonsall.
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