Annotation:Love Bridge Waltz
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LOVE BRIDGE WALTZ. Cajun, Waltz. A Mixolydian {Doucet/Sing Out}: A Major {LeJeune/Francois}. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD {Doucet/Sing Out}: AA(Vocal)BAA(Vocal)BA(Vocal)BBA {Francois}. Traditional. A related song, according to Raymond Francois (1990), is Ambrose Thibodeaux's "Valse Independance (La)." The "Eunice Two-Step" is a duple-time setting of the melody.
Source for notated version: Michael Doucet (La.) [Sing Out]; Iry LeJeune (La.) [Francois].
Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille Chère!), 1990; pp. 205-207. Sing Out, vol. 35, No. 3, Fall 1990; p. 8.
Recorded sources: Goldband Records GB-LP7741, Iry LeJeune.
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
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