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MA CHÈRE 'TITE FILLE (My Dear Little Girl). AKA - "Valse de la Rosa (La)" (Rosa's Waltz). Cajun, Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABAB(Vocal)B(Vocal)BAB(Vocal)B(Vocal)BAB(Vocal)B. The 'B' part, or turn, resolves the 'A' part which is also the vocal. Related songs are Joseph Falcon's "Aimer et Perdre," Nathan Abshire's "Cher 'Tit Monde" and Leo Soileau's "Valse de la Rosa (La)" (Soileau's second name for the tune).

Leo Soileau and his band

Source for notated version: fiddler Leo Soileau (1904-1980, Ville Platte, La.) [Francois].

Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pp. 75-78.

Recorded sources: Old Timey Records OT-114, Leo Soileau. Yazoo 2041, Leo Soileau - "The Early Recordings of Leo Soileau: Early American Cajun Music Classic Recordings from the 1920s."



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