Comm c’a ((MS2011-3223-024))
Dublin Core
Title
Comm c’a ((MS2011-3223-024))
Alternative Title
Comme ça
Subject
Description
French language song text from VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223-024 Alice Lacourse Danis Songbook. Pp. 23.
“Comm c’a” (“Like That”) is a ca. 1926 popular French-Canadian song with words and music by Montreal songwriter Lucien Sirois (1889-1974), usually titled “Comm’ ça.” Sirois was a colleague of Montreal singer Charles Marchand (1890-1930), who founded a vocal quartet called “Le Carillon canadien” in order to promote French-Canadian folk songs and new songs inspired by traditional customs and settings. In 1926, Marchand recorded a setting of this song in the New York City studios of the Brunswick label (index # 3391). In 927, he recorded a second version for the Edison label’s 58000 French Canadian series (index # 11511; matrix # 58026-R). That same year, the Montreal monthly musical journal La Lyre published a sheet music setting of “Comm’ ça,” which includes references to the Brunswick recording, as well as a recording on the Montreal-based Starr label (index # 15271). You can see this edition of La Lyre (which also includes a text by Maurice Morisset about the folk song revival in Quebec, and which prominently features Charles Marchand) on the online catalogue of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec:
http://collections2.banq.qc.ca/jrn03/lyre/src/1927/vol.005/no.051/159686_05_51.pdf
“Comm c’a” (“Like That”) is a ca. 1926 popular French-Canadian song with words and music by Montreal songwriter Lucien Sirois (1889-1974), usually titled “Comm’ ça.” Sirois was a colleague of Montreal singer Charles Marchand (1890-1930), who founded a vocal quartet called “Le Carillon canadien” in order to promote French-Canadian folk songs and new songs inspired by traditional customs and settings. In 1926, Marchand recorded a setting of this song in the New York City studios of the Brunswick label (index # 3391). In 927, he recorded a second version for the Edison label’s 58000 French Canadian series (index # 11511; matrix # 58026-R). That same year, the Montreal monthly musical journal La Lyre published a sheet music setting of “Comm’ ça,” which includes references to the Brunswick recording, as well as a recording on the Montreal-based Starr label (index # 15271). You can see this edition of La Lyre (which also includes a text by Maurice Morisset about the folk song revival in Quebec, and which prominently features Charles Marchand) on the online catalogue of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec:
http://collections2.banq.qc.ca/jrn03/lyre/src/1927/vol.005/no.051/159686_05_51.pdf
Abstract
Along the St-Dominique farm road on a lovely night, Marjorique, a really handsome guy, went to see Phonsine whom he adored; once there, he affected poise, saying: good evening, mademoiselle; I have a great secret which is bugging me; it is that that I am looking for a pretty little wife who would adore me.
Source
VFC2006-0002 Beaudoin Family Collection. MS2011-3223 Alice Lacourse Danis Songbook. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Song Item Type Metadata
Supplied Title
Comm c’a
Tranlsated Title
Like That
First Line
Dans le rang St Dominique par un beau soir comm c’a
Scribe
Composer
Lucien Sirois
Lyricist
Lucien Sirois
Transcription
1
Dans le rang St Dominique par un beau soir comm c’a
S’en allait marjouqui un vrai beau gars comm c’a
Voir la d’moiselle Phonsine qu’il cherissait comm c’a
Qu’il la trouvait donc fine il le disait comm c’a
Repetez 3 fois
2
En arrivant chez elle il se gommait comme c’a
Bonsoir mademoiselle je vous dirai comm’ c’a
Qu’un grand secret me takine je ne peut rester com c’a
Je cherche une belle petite femme qui me chernait com c’a
Dans le rang St Dominique par un beau soir comm c’a
S’en allait marjouqui un vrai beau gars comm c’a
Voir la d’moiselle Phonsine qu’il cherissait comm c’a
Qu’il la trouvait donc fine il le disait comm c’a
Repetez 3 fois
2
En arrivant chez elle il se gommait comme c’a
Bonsoir mademoiselle je vous dirai comm’ c’a
Qu’un grand secret me takine je ne peut rester com c’a
Je cherche une belle petite femme qui me chernait com c’a
Collection
Citation
“Comm c’a ((MS2011-3223-024)),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed July 11, 2025, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/790.
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