Annotation:Valse des Opelousas

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VALSE DES OPELOUSAS. Cajun, Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The town of Opelousas, Louisiana, takes its name from an old Indian trading post; the name is Indian for "dark or murky water," states Raymond Francois. The original 1959 recording was among the first records to be made by Floyd Souleau's Ville Platte studio.

Source for notated version: Austin Pitre, Aubery "Cabri" Menier (La.) [Francois].

Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 436-437.

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