Annotation:Reel St-Siméon

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REEL ST-SIMÉON. AKA and see "Ronfleuse Gobeil." AKA - "Saint-Siméon (1)." French-Canadian, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BBCC'. From the repertory of fiddler Jos (Joe) Bouchard who recorded the reel as "Reel St-Siméon."

The tune, however, was originally composed by Willie Ringuette, who recorded it in the 1930's and passed it on to her violin student, Jean Carignan. Carignan's recording of "Ronfleuse Gobiel" helped to popularize the tune with that title. The third part is a variant of the third part to the Irish reel "Maid Behind the Bar (1) (The)."

Saint-Siméon, Charlevoix-Est, is a town on the St. Lawrence River.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Bluebird B-1156-A (78 RPM), Jos Bouchard (1938). Carnaval CS-530, "Jos Bouchard." Chris Norman - "The Beauty of the North" (1994).

See also listing at:
See Pascal Gemme's blog entry on the tune, with standard notation transcription [1]
Hear Joe Bouchard's 1938 recording at youtube.com [2][3]