Annotation:Reel à Ti-Coq
X:1 T:Reel à Ti-Coq M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Bluebird B-4936 (78 RPM), Isidore Soucy (1936) D:https://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/14775.mp3 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G d2|g2g2 ga b2|e2 e2 ec A2|faab afd2|g2g2 g2[d2g2]| g2g2 ga b2|e2e2 c2 |e2 ef gecd|[M:3/2]cBA2 d2d2 d2d2| [M:C|]g2g2 ga b2|e2 ef ec A2|faab afd2|g2g2g2[d2g2]| g2g2 ga b2|e2e2 c2 cd|[M:3/2]cB A2 d2d2 d2G2|| |:[M:C|] d2B2G2B2 |d2de dcB2|[M:3/2]A2B2 cBA2 B2c2| [M:C|]d2B2G2B2|d2 de dcB2|A2B2 cB A2|G2G2 G2B2:|
REEL A TI-COQ. AKA and see "Reel de la jeunesse." French-Canadian, Reel (cut and 3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. Soucy researcher Jean Duval believes Soucy's title may refer to champion cyclistRaymond Bédard of Lachine, a working class suburb of Montréal that borders the St Lawrence River. He got his nickname, Ti-Coq, because of his small stature, but he was one of the best North American cyclists of the 1930's, until World War II intervened (in which he saw service as a seaman). The Toronto Globe and Mail of Oct. 19th, 1936 gushed after one of his races:
