Annotation:Gens de la Bastille (Les)
Tune properties and standard notation
GENS DE LA BASTILLE, LES (The People of the Bastille). AKA - "Spandy (Le)." French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC'DD'. Quebec accordion player Phillipe Bruneau states the tune was made popular by accordion player Rene Alain (who recorded the tune in the 1960's) and by the Soucy Family. Due to its four-part structure it is played for dances like "La Belle Catherine" and "Spendy" in Quebec (the tune is sometimes called "Spandy" as a result).
Source for notated version: Dan Compton (Portland, Oregon) from the playing of Raynald Ouellet [Songer].
Printed sources: Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 83.
Recorded sources: Richard Forest - "Les pieds qui parlent."