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'TIT MAURICE (Little Maurice). AKA - "Valse de 'Tit Maurice." Cajun, Waltz (3/4 time). USA, southwestern Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. According to Raymond Francois (1990), the song was named for a nightclub in Vatican, near Bosco, Louisiana, about twelve miles northeast of Rayne. Related songs include Dennis McGee's "Valse d'Amour (2)" and "Valse de Coteau Magnolia," Austin Pitre's "Chinaball Blues," Rufus Thibodeaux's "Basile Waltz" and Jimmy Newman's "Valse de Grand Basile."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Felton LeJeune, Oran "Doc" Guidry, Leroy "Happy Fats" LeBlanc (La.) [Francois].

Printed sources : - Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 469-470.

Recorded sources : - Bee Records BEE-104, Felton LeJeune. DOM Records ES 24, Allie J. Young - "Bal chez Bélisaire: L'accordéon Cajun" (1975). La Louisiane Records LL-8083, Leroy "Happy Fats" LeBlanc.

See also listing at :
See/hear the tune played by Robert Jardell (accordion) and Dewey Balfa (fiddle), at The Hut, Scott, Louisiana, in August 1983 in a film shot by Alan Lomax and crew [1].



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