Annotation:Louis's First Tune

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LOUIE'S FIRST TUNE. AKA - "Louis' First Tune." French-Canadian, New England; Reel. USA, Canada. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Slightly 'crooked' in the second strain, with an added beat at the cadence.

Source for notated version: The Riendeau Family [Brody].

Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 180.

Recorded sources: Biograph 6007, Ebenezer- "Tell It to Me." County 725, The Riendeau Family- "Old Time Fiddling."

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]

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