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'''PATASSA TWO-STEP.''' Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The song was named by Ambrose Thibodeaux for a place just south of Eunice, Louisiana. According to Raymond Francois (1990), the name ''patassa'' derives from a Choctaw Indian word meaning sunfish or perch.
|f_annotation='''PATASSA TWO-STEP.''' Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The song was named by Ambrose Thibodeaux for a place just south of Eunice, Louisiana, near where he was born and raised. According to Raymond Francois (1990), the name ''patassa'' derives from a Choctaw Indian word meaning sunfish or perch. [[File:Thibodeaux.jpg|290px|thumb|left|Ambrose Thibodeaux, Lafayette, 1982.]]
|f_printed_sources=Stephen F. Davis ('''Devil's Box'''), vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 1991; p. 30. Francois ('''Yé Yaille, Chère!'''), 1990; p. 244.
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|f_recorded_sources=La Louisiane Records LL-112, Ambrose Thibodeaux. Valcour Records VAL-CD-0016, "Wayne Toups, Steve Riley, Wilson Savoy – The Band Courtbouillon" (2011).
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|f_see_also_listing=Hear the tune played by The Band Courtbouillon on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9yJmeeHglc]<br>
''Source for notated version'': Ambrose Thibodeaux (La.) [Francois].
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''Printed sources'': Francois ('''Yé Yaille, Chère!'''), 1990; p. 244.
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>La Louisiane Records LL-112, Ambrose Thibodeaux.</font>
X:q
T: Patassa Two-Step
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Two-Step
N:Drone liberally
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 1991 (p. 30)
N:Transcribe by Ramond Francois
K:D
"D"z4 "G"b2 ba|b2 ba abag|"D"fedf "A"a2 af|gfed cAce|
"D"f2 fd "G"b2 ba|b2 ba abag|"D"fedf "A"a2 af|gfed cAce|
"D"d3"Turn"e2f2|"G"g2 gg gage|"D"f2 fe defa|"A"e2 ed cAce|
"D"f2 fe dAef|"G"g2 gg gage|"D"f2 fe defa|"A"e2 ed cAce|"D"d4 z4||
PATASSA TWO-STEP. Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The song was named by Ambrose Thibodeaux for a place just south of Eunice, Louisiana, near where he was born and raised. According to Raymond Francois (1990), the name patassa derives from a Choctaw Indian word meaning sunfish or perch. Ambrose Thibodeaux, Lafayette, 1982.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Ambrose Thibodeaux (La.) [Francois].
Printed sources : - Stephen F. Davis (Devil's Box), vol. 25, No. 1, Spring 1991; p. 30. Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; p. 244.
Recorded sources : - La Louisiane Records LL-112, Ambrose Thibodeaux. Valcour Records VAL-CD-0016, "Wayne Toups, Steve Riley, Wilson Savoy – The Band Courtbouillon" (2011).
See also listing at : Hear the tune played by The Band Courtbouillon on youtube.com [1]
