Annotation:Ronfleuse Gobeil

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RONFLEUSE GOBEIL, LA. AKA and see "Reel St-Siméon," "Snoring Mrs. Gobeil," "Snoring Gobeil." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Miller & Perron): AABBCC {40 bar reel} (Bégin, Carlin, Hinds). The 'A' and 'B' parts are French-Canadian, the 'C' part is the 'B' part of "Judy's Reel" (AKA - "Maid Behind the Bar (1) (The)"), printed in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection/Cole's 1000. Hart & Sandell (2001) note the tune was first recorded in 1927 on 78 RPM by fiddler Willie Ringuette (1898-1969) of Trois-Rivières, one of the great Montréal fiddler Jean Carignan’s teachers. According to the authors, Ringuette composed two parts of the tune, then added the second strain of the Irish reel “Maid Behind the Bar” (AKA "Judy's Reel") as a third part. Jean Carignan further modified the first part, but kept Ringuette’s second part and the adopted (“Maid Behind the Bar”) third part. It was Carignon who first popularized the melody, followed by la Bottine Souriante on their 1978 album “Ya bend u changement.”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin].

Printed sources : - Bégin (Fiddle Music from the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 49, p. 58. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 78, p. 52. Hart & Sandell (Dance ce Soir), 2001; p. 74. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; p. 17. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler’s Repertoire), 1983; No. 154.

Recorded sources: - Compo Records, Joseph Bouchard – “Reel carnaval” (1968. Appears as “Saint-Siméon”). Folkways FG3531, "Jean Carignan, Old Time Fiddle Songs" (1966). Folkways FTS 31098, Ken Perlman - "Clawhammer Banjo and Fingerstyle Guitar Solos." Philo PH2001, "Jean Carignan" (1973). Rounder 7002, Graham Townsend - "Le Violon/The Fiddle." La Bottine souriante – “Y a ben du changement” (1978).