Annotation:Patassa Two-Step

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PATASSA TWO-STEP. Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The song was named by Ambrose Thibodeaux for a place just south of Eunice, Louisiana, near where he was born and raised. According to Raymond Francois (1990), the name patassa derives from a Choctaw Indian word meaning sunfish or perch.

Source for notated version: Ambrose Thibodeaux (La.) [Francois].

Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; p. 244.

Recorded sources: La Louisiane Records LL-112, Ambrose Thibodeaux. Valcour Records ‎VAL-CD-0016, "Wayne Toups, Steve Riley, Wilson Savoy ‎– The Band Courtbouillon" (2011).

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Hear the tune played by The Band Courtbouillon on youtube.com [1]