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MA CHÈRE 'TITE FILLE (My Dear Little Girl). AKA - "Valse de la Rosa (La)" (Rosa's Waltz). Cajun, Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABAB(Vocal)B(Vocal)BAB(Vocal)B(Vocal)BAB(Vocal)B. The 'B' part, or turn, resolves the 'A' part which is also the vocal. Related songs are Joseph Falcon's "Aimer et Perdre," Nathan Abshire's "Cher 'Tit Monde" and Leo Soileau's "Valse de la Rosa (La)" (Soileau's second name for the tune).

Leo Soileau and his band

Source for notated version: fiddler Leo Soileau (La.) [Francois].

Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 75-78.

Recorded sources: Old Timey Records OT-114, Leo Soileau.




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