Annotation:Port Arthur Waltz
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PORT ARTHUR WALTZ (Valse de Port Arthur). Cajun, Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB' (Phillips): One part (Francois). A related tune is "Lake Arthur Waltz."
Sources for notated versions: Harry Choates (La.) [Phillips]; Aldus Roger & Phillip Alleman (La.) [Francois].
Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille Chere), 1990; pp. 448-449. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; p. 34.
Recorded sources: Arhoolie 5027, Harry Choates - "The Fiddle King of Cajun Swing Original Recordings 19461949."