'''REEL DU PONT''' (Bridge Reel). AKA and see "[[Jenny Lind (1)]]. French-Canadian, Reel (2/4 or cut time). G Major (Allard): A Major (Carlin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A version of the mid-19th century dance hit, "Jenny Lind's Polka."
|f_annotation='''REEL DU PONT''' (Bridge Reel). AKA and see "[[Jenny Lind (1)]]," "[[Reel Lafrenière]]." French-Canadian, Reel or Polka (2/4 or cut time). G Major (Allard): A Major (Carlin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A version of the mid-19th century dance hit, "[[Jenny Lind (1)]]," recorded in November, 1933 (released in 1934) for Victor Records by Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947) backed on guitar by Frank Laforge. [[File:allard.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Joseph Allard]] The title may honor the Du Pont of Quebec, a mixed railway and road bridge crossing the St. Lawrence River west of Quebec City (north shore) to Lévis (Saint-Nicolas) on the south shore. It was begun in 1903 and is a riveted steel structure with the longest free range in the world.
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Allard recorded the same tune a few years later as "[[Reel Lafrenière]]."
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|f_printed_sources=Carlin ('''Master Collection'''), 1984; No. 69, p. 48.
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|f_recorded_sources=Victor 263930-B (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1934). Les Revenants - "Épouvantails."
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|f_see_also_listing=Hear Joseph Allard's 1934 recording on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o193Wcr3yYs][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0yf6fPJrPY] and at the Virtual Gramophone [https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028011/f7/13187.mp3].<br>
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''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''Master Collection'''), 1984; No. 69, p. 48.
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Victor 263930-B (78 RPM), Joseph Allard (1934).</font>
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See also listing at:<br>
Hear Joseph Allard's 1934 recording on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o193Wcr3yYs][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0yf6fPJrPY]<br>
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T:Reel du pont
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N:"Jenny Lind (1)" polka with parts reversed. See
N:also Allard's "Reel Lafrenière"
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REEL DU PONT (Bridge Reel). AKA and see "Jenny Lind (1)," "Reel Lafrenière." French-Canadian, Reel or Polka (2/4 or cut time). G Major (Allard): A Major (Carlin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A version of the mid-19th century dance hit, "Jenny Lind (1)," recorded in November, 1933 (released in 1934) for Victor Records by Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard (1873-1947) backed on guitar by Frank Laforge. Joseph Allard The title may honor the Du Pont of Quebec, a mixed railway and road bridge crossing the St. Lawrence River west of Quebec City (north shore) to Lévis (Saint-Nicolas) on the south shore. It was begun in 1903 and is a riveted steel structure with the longest free range in the world.
Allard recorded the same tune a few years later as "Reel Lafrenière."
