Annotation:Valse de Josephine

Find traditional instrumental music

Back to Valse de Josephine


VALSE DE JOSEPHINE (Josephine's Waltz). Cajun, Waltz. USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA(Vocal)AA(Vocal)AAB(Vocal)AA(Vocal)BA. A related song, according to Raymond Francois (1990), is Lawrence Walker's "Chère Alice."

Source for notated version: accordionist Moise Robin and fiddler Leo Soileau (La.) [Francois].

Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 185-186.

Recorded sources: Old Timey Records OT-125, Leo Soileau.




Back to Valse de Josephine