French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223-029 Alice Lacourse Danis Songbook. Pp. 28.Les cloches du hameau (“The Church Bells of the Hamlet”) is the work of singer, composer, songwriter and poet, Albert…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223-052 Alice Lacourse Danis Songbook. Pp. 54.There are unrelated two couplets; the first is possibly a jingle for a beer company; the second is the refrain to a song…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-010 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 19-21.Scope and Content Note:Strophic song, five verses, no refrain“Le poitrinaire” [“Le poitrinaire”; “The Comsumptive”; or “Le Rêve…
Excerpt from interview of Alberta Gagné (TC1998-1074-008) by Martha Pellerin. Part of a project (VFC1998-0007) on Franco-American song in New England funded by the Vermont Folklife Center and undertaken by Pellerin. Interview is one in a series of…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223-030 Alice Lacourse Danis Songbook. Pp. 28.“Le petit mousse” (“The Little Cabin Boy”). This is a fragmentary version of the French sentimental song, “Le petit mousse…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223-039 Alice Lacourse Danis Songbook. Pp. 34.‘Le petit Cordonnier” (“The Little Shoemaker”). This text appears to be virtually identical to the setting of this song…