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Sheet Music for "Galop des pompiers"Galop des pompiersJig and Air1212Source: Alfred Montmarquette (1871-1944, Montreal, Que.)Discography: Starr 15702B (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette & Mme Ed. Bolduc (1930)Notes: Montmarqutte double the octave in the second strain: fiddles may playthe lower octave.Transcription: Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz



GALOP DES POMPIERS. AKA - "Galope des pompiers". AKA and see "Galop des frontières," "Gigue des pompiers," "Gigue du sous-marin," "Quadrille de Berthier 1ère partie," "Reel des dentistes," "Reel du sous-marin." French-Canadian, Galop (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Galop des Pompiers" was a collaboration between the playing of Montreal accordionist Alfred Montmarquette and the singing and percussion of Madamme Bolduc (Mary Travers). After an instrumental of the first two strains, Mme. Bolduc sang about firefighters rushing to quell a blaze:

Galope et galope galopez donc,
Galope et galope galopez donc;
Voilà les pompiers qui sont pressé,
Ôtes-toi dans la rue tu vas t’faire accrocher.
Galope et galope galopez donc,
Galope et galope galopez donc;
C’est l’père Laperrière qui a l’feu dans l’derrière,
Il faut l’arroser pour l’empêcher d’brûler.


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Recorded sources : - Starr 15702B (78 RPM), Alfred Montmarquette & Mme Ed. Bolduc (1930).

See also listing at :
Hear Alfred Montmarquette and Madamme Bolduc's recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1] and youtube.com [2]



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