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'''VEUVES DE LA COULÉE''' ('Widows of the Gully' or 'Widows of the Creek'). AKA - "Veuve a Kita la Coulée." Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA(Vocal)BBAA(Vocal)BBAA(Vocal)BB. The song tells how, in the old days, the "widows of the coulée" would go town to by yellow cotton material to make their own bloomers. | '''VEUVES DE LA COULÉE''' ('Widows of the Gully' or 'Widows of the Creek'). AKA - "Veuve a Kita la Coulée." Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA(Vocal)BBAA(Vocal)BBAA(Vocal)BB. The song tells how, in the old days, the "widows of the coulée" would go town to by yellow cotton material to make their own bloomers. | ||
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[[File:leblanc.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Leroy "Happy Fats" LeBlanc]] | [[File:leblanc.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Leroy "Happy Fats" LeBlanc]] | ||
''Source for notated version'': Leroy "Happy Fats" LeBlanc and Oran "Doc" Guidry (La.) [Francois]. | ''Source for notated version'': Leroy "Happy Fats" LeBlanc and Oran "Doc" Guidry (La.) [Francois]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Francois ('''Yé Yaille, Chère!'''), 1990; pp. 306-307. | ''Printed sources'': Francois ('''Yé Yaille, Chère!'''), 1990; pp. 306-307. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>La Louisiane Records LL-103, Leroy "Happy Fats" LeBlanc. </font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>La Louisiane Records LL-103, Leroy "Happy Fats" LeBlanc. </font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/v01.htm#Veudelac]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/v01.htm#Veudelac]<br> | ||
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VEUVES DE LA COULÉE ('Widows of the Gully' or 'Widows of the Creek'). AKA - "Veuve a Kita la Coulée." Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA(Vocal)BBAA(Vocal)BBAA(Vocal)BB. The song tells how, in the old days, the "widows of the coulée" would go town to by yellow cotton material to make their own bloomers.
Source for notated version: Leroy "Happy Fats" LeBlanc and Oran "Doc" Guidry (La.) [Francois].
Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 306-307.
Recorded sources: La Louisiane Records LL-103, Leroy "Happy Fats" LeBlanc.
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear the Balfa Brothers' recording on youtube.com [2]
Hear a clip of the tune played by Happy Fats at Swallow Records [3]