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ROSA, DEMAIN C'EST PAS DIMANCHE (Rosa, Tomorrow isn't Sunday). AKA - "Adieu Rosa, Demain c'est Pas Dimanche." AKA and see "Demain C'est Pas Dimanche." Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Recorded by fiddler Dennis McGee in the late 1970's. Raymond Francois (1990) states that the tune and tempo were influenced by early Zydeco music.

Adieu, Rosa. Merci Bon Dieu.
Rosa est pas ma sœur.
Adieu, Rosa. Merci Bon Dieu.
Demain, c'est pas dimanche.
Jure, my Lord.

Goodbye, Rosa. Thank God.
Rosa's not my sister.
Goodbye, Rosa. Thank God.
Tomorrow's not Sunday.
Juré, my Lord.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Dennis McGee (La.) [Francois].

Printed sources : - Francois (Yé Yaille Chère!), 1990; pp. 112-113.

Recorded sources: - Field Recorders Collective FRC-308, "Dennis McGee & Sady Courville" (2007). Old-Timey Records LP 125, Leo Loileau and His Four Aces: Pioneer Cajun Fiddler: Louisiana Cajun Music vol. 7." Swallow Records SW-6030, Dennis McGee. Swallow Records SW-3001, Dennis McGee & Sady Courville - "La vieille musique Acadienne" (2003).

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Hear Leo Soileau's version at youtube.com [1]