Annotation:Chère Alice

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CHÈRE ALICE (Dear Alice). AKA - "Valse a' 'Tit 'Dam Hanks" (Little Adam Hank's Waltz). Cajun Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB(Vocal)AAAA(Vocal)AA. Related songs, according to Raymond Francois (1990), are Austin Pitre's "Rainbow Waltz," Lawrence Walker's "Country Waltz (1)," Angelas LeJeune's "Valse a' 'Tit 'Dam Hanks" and Moise Robin's and Leo Soileau's "Valse de Josephine."

Source for notated version: Lawrence Walker (La.) [Francois].

Printed source: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 70-72.

Recorded source: La Louisiane Records LL-LP126, Lawrence Walker.

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