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X:1
T:Reel des poilus (Le)
S:Isidore Soucy
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:AEae tuning
Z:Re-measured and time signatured by S. Fry
K:A
E|:A2 Ac BAGB|AEAc ecAc|BAGB ABAF|\
M:2/4
L:1/8
E3E||
M:4/4
L:1/8
A2 Ac BAGB|AEAc ecAc|1 BAGB Ac (3BcB|\
M:2/4
L:1/8
A3 E:|\
M:4/4
L:1/8
|2 BAGB Ac (3BcB||
M:2/4
A3B\
M:4/4
L:1/8
|:B2 GB EBGB|AEAc e2e2|fefg agf^d|
e^def eefg|a2 g2 (3fgf ec|d2c2 (3BcB AF|
E2D2 CEAc|dBGB Ac (3BAB|[M:2/4]|1 A3c:|2 A3!D.C.!||
REEL DES POILUS, LE. French-Canadian, Reel. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AA’BB. A ‘crooked’ tune from the playing of Isidore Soucy (who recorded it in 1940); both strains have a measure with an extra beat. ""Reel du capitaine (2) (Le)]]", recorded two years prior to Soucy's "Reel des poilus", uses a similar melodic theme in the first few bars.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - fiddler Isidore Soucy (1899-1963, originally from the Rimouski area) [Remon & Bouchard]. Soucy was a well-known entertainer through his television broadcasts from Montréal with the Soucy family.
Printed sources : - Duval (Le Musique de Isidore Soucy 1899-1962), 2017; No. 276, p. 138. Hart & Sandall (Dance ce soir!), 2001; No 77, p. 113. Remon & Bouchard (25 Crooked Tunes, vol. 2: Québec Fiddle Tunes), 1997; No. 10.
Recorded sources: - Carnaval C-430, Isidore Soucy - "Mes années d'or vol 2" (1961). Starr 16354 (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1940). Lisa Ornstein - “De l’autre bord de l’eau.” George Wilson & Selma Kaplan - "Off with the Good St. Nicholas Boat". TB-200 CD, Les Têtes de violon - "Les Deux rives/Two Shores" (2009).
See also listing at:
Hear Soucy's 1961 recording on youtube.com [1]
