Bons Temps (Les)

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 Theme code Index    1H1H3H 1H1H1H
 Also known as    Good Times (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Cajun/Creole
 Meter/Rhythm    Waltz/Valse/Vals
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
 History    USA(Deep South)
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Raymond François
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ye Yaille Chere!
 Tune and/or Page number    pp. 344-345
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1990
 Artist    Biography:Lawrence Walker
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Swallow Records SW-10133
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


BONS TEMPS, LES (The Good Time). Cajun, Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Related tunes, according to Raymond Francois (1990), are "Valse de Holly Beach" and "Laisse les Bons Temps Rouler."

Source for notated version: Lawrence Walker (La.) [Francois].

Printed source: Francois (Yé Yaille Chere), 1990; pp. 344-345.

Recorded source: Swallow Records SW-10133, Lawrence Walker.


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