Annotation:Gigue de l'Aveugle (La)
X:1 T:Gigue de l'aveugle, La S:Mme. Catherine Dagenais-Major (Montreal) M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Barbeau & Massicotte - "Veillees du bon vieux temps" (1920, pp. 88-89) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:E z B/A/ G/E/E/G/|F/E/G/B,/ B,E/F/|G/E/G/E/ A/F/F/F/4A/4|G/E/A/F/ F(3G/A/B/|c/>d/e/>c/ B/>AG/>E/|!fine!E:| "II"(z) G/B/B/B/|:G/B/B/B/ G/B/e/B/|(5c/B/A/G/F/ A/c/c/c/|A/c/c/c/ A/c/f/e/|d/c/B G/B/B/B/|G/B/B/B/ G/B/e/B/| |1 c/B/A/G/ A/c/c/c/|A/c/c/c/ A/c/f/e/|d/c/B G/B/B/B/:|2 c/B/A/G/ F/G/A/B/|c/d/e/e/ d/e/f/e/|e/>c/B/>A/ G/>E/E/>E/|E2 z!D.C.!||
GIGUE DE L'AVEUGLE, LA. French-Canadian, Reel (2/4 time). E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Mme. Catherine Dagenais-Major (Montreal) leaned the tune as a girl from the playing of a middle-aged blind man named Forget, who busked for dancing at the foot of Nelson's Column in Montreal. The dance he played she remembered as "Gigue de l'aveugle."
