French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-057 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 98-101.“Youp Youp Sur la riviere” [“Youpe ! Youpe ! sur la rivière”; “Youp! Youp! On the River”] is a transcription of a setting of a…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-054 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 91-93.“Vraiment cest Revoltant” [“Vraiment, c’est revoltant”; “Really, It’s Revolting”] is a transcription of Montreal vaudeville…
Looseleaf French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223-062 Alice Lacourse Danis Songbook.“Vogue, beau marinier, vogue, vogue beau marinier” (“Steer, handsome bargeman, steer, steer handsome bargeman”) is the…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223-036 Alice Lacourse Danis Songbook. Pp. 32.This is a transcription of St-Hyacinthe, Quebec author and Catholic abbé F. X. Burque’s ca. 1905 rewrite of a widely sung…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-002 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 6-7. Scope and Content Note: Strophic song; two verses, one refrain after first verse.“Vieillissons ensemble” is a French-language…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223-041 Alice Lacourse Danis Songbook. Pp. 35.“Veillée rustique” (“Rustic Evening Party”). Versions of this traditional French song, most commonly known as “La destinée,…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-028 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 50-52.
Strophic song; two verses with refrain following first and third verse.
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-011 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 21-23.Strophic song with two verses and a refrain between them. “Une larme pour un baiser” [“Une larme pour un baiser”; “A Tear for a…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-014 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 26-27. Strophic song; two verses, one refrain after first verse.“Un coin du ciel bleu” [“Un coin du ciel bleu”; “A Corner of Blue…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-059 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 103-105.“Tout doucement” [“Tout doucement”; “So Softly”] is a song composted by French poet, songwriter, sketch writer, and singer…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-055 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 93-96.“Sur le meme parapluie” [“Sur le même parapluie”; “On the Same Umbrella] is very likely a transcription of Montreal vaudeville…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-012 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 23-24.Strophic song; two verses, one refrain after first verse. “Sur l”elephant blanc” [“Sur l'eléphant blanc”; “On A White Elephant”]…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223-039 Alice Lacourse Danis Songbook. Pp. 33.“Sur la route de Berthier” (“On the Road from Berthier”). This text appears to be virtually identical (with the exception of…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-047 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 82-83.“Stein Song” [“The Stein Song”] is a French-language setting of “The Maine Stein Song,” the school song of the University of…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-003 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 7-8. Scope and Content Note: Strophic song; three verses, two refrains (first refrain follows first verse; second refrain follows third…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-060 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 105-107.“Sa va venir mais decouragons nous pas” [Ça va venir mais decourageons nous pas”; “It’s Coming, Let’s Not Get Discouraged”] is…
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3222-052 Eva Lacourse Songbook. Pp. 88.“Reste ma seule amie” [“Reste ma seule amie”] has all the characteristics of a popular French romantic song from the early 1900s,…