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|f_annotation=''' 'TITS YEUX BLEUS''' (Little Blue Eyes). Cajun, Waltz (3/4 time). USA, southwestern Louisiana. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. | |f_annotation=''' 'TITS YEUX BLEUS''' (Little Blue Eyes). AKA - "Tee Yeux Bleu," "Tes Yeux Bleu." Cajun, Waltz (3/4 time). USA, southwestern Louisiana. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. “Tes Yeux Bleu" is from the playing of Cajun singer and accordion player Jo-El Sonnier (b. 1946, Rayne, Louisiana). It was his first song, written and recorded when he was only 11 years old; it has since become a classic of Cajun repertory. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Duson Playboys, vocal by | <blockquote> | ||
''Heh, mes p'tit yeux bleu tu m'as quitté pour un autre.''<br> | |||
''Regarder donc, comment j'va faire?''<br> | |||
''J'su moi tout seul à la maison dans les misères.''<br> | |||
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''Heh, mes p'tit yeux bleu tu va brailler, brailler pour moi.''<br> | |||
''Regarder donc, comment j'va faire?''<br> | |||
''J'su moi tout seul à la maison dans les misères.''<br> | |||
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|f_source_for_notated_version=Duson Playboys, vocal by Jo-El Sonnier {La.} [Francois]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Francois ('''Yé Yaille Chère!'''), 1990; p. 471. | |f_printed_sources=Francois ('''Yé Yaille Chère!'''), 1990; p. 471. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Kajun Records, Joel Sonnier. | |f_recorded_sources=Kajun Records, Joel Sonnier. Rounder Records 3049, Jo-El Sonnier - "Cajun Life" (1988). Rounder Records 11550, Jo-El Sonnier - "Cajun Spice" (1989. Various artists). Smithsonian Folkways ARH00439_109, Magnolia Sisters - "Prends Courage" (1995). Swallow Records 45-112 (45 RPM), Jo-El Sonnier (1960). Swallow Records 6001, Jo-El Sonnier - "The Best of the Cajun Hits vol. 1" (1961). Takau Records, Jo-El Sonnier – "The Legacy" (2013). Foghorn Stringband - "Outshine the Sun" (2012). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=s | |f_see_also_listing=Hear the Magnolia Sister's 1995 recording at Smithsonian Folkways [https://folkways.si.edu/magnolia-sisters-ann-savoy-jane-vidrine/tits-yeux-bleus-little-blue-eyes/cajun-zydeco/music/track/smithsonian]<br> | ||
Hear Jo-El Sonnier's 1961 recording at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hppc0f9aWgk]<br> | |||
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Revision as of 06:20, 11 February 2022
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'TITS YEUX BLEUS (Little Blue Eyes). AKA - "Tee Yeux Bleu," "Tes Yeux Bleu." Cajun, Waltz (3/4 time). USA, southwestern Louisiana. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. “Tes Yeux Bleu" is from the playing of Cajun singer and accordion player Jo-El Sonnier (b. 1946, Rayne, Louisiana). It was his first song, written and recorded when he was only 11 years old; it has since become a classic of Cajun repertory.
Heh, mes p'tit yeux bleu tu m'as quitté pour un autre.
Regarder donc, comment j'va faire?
J'su moi tout seul à la maison dans les misères.
Heh, mes p'tit yeux bleu tu va brailler, brailler pour moi.
Regarder donc, comment j'va faire?
J'su moi tout seul à la maison dans les misères.
