Annotation:Reel St-Siméon

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REEL ST-SIMÉON. AKA and see "Ronfleuse Gobeil." AKA - "Saint-Siméon (1)." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BBCC'. From the repertory of fiddler Jos (Joe) Bouchard who recorded the reel as "Reel St-Siméon."

The tune, however, was originally composed by Willie Ringuette (1898-1969, Trois-Rivieres, Québec) , who recorded it in 1927 (Columbia 34109-F [1]) and passed it on to his violin student, Jean Carignan. Carignan's recording of "Ronfleuse Gobiel" helped to popularize the tune with that title. The third part of "Reel St-Siméon" is a variant of the second strain of the Irish reel "Maid Behind the Bar (1) (The)."

Saint-Siméon, Charlevoix-Est, is a town on the St. Lawrence River.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Bluebird B-1156-A (78 RPM), Jos Bouchard (1938). Carnaval CS-530, "Jos Bouchard." Chris Norman - "The Beauty of the North" (1994).

See also listing at:
See Pascal Gemme's blog entry on the tune, with standard notation transcription [2]
Hear Joe Bouchard's 1938 recording at youtube.com [3][4]