Bayou Noir

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 Theme code Index    3532 115L7
 Also known as    Black Bayou
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    
 Meter/Rhythm    Two-Step
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    
 History    USA(Deep South)
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Raymond François
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Yé Yaille Chère!
 Tune and/or Page number    pp. 337-338
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1990
 Artist    Biography:Felton LeJeune
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Bee Records BEE-104
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   ()   


BAYOU NOIR (Black Bayou). Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Louisiana. A Major. Standard tuning. One part. Black Bayou is located west of Hackberry, Louisiana, and empties into Sabine Lake. The original recording has been credited to Lionel Cormier.

Source for notated version: Felton LeJeune (La.) [Francois].

Printed source: Francois (Ye Yaille, Chere!), 1990; pgs. 337–338.

Recorded source: Bee Records BEE-104, Felton LeJeune.