Bosco Stomp
BOSCO STOMP. Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Louisiana. A Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Greenblatt): AA(Vocal)BBAABB(Vocal)BBAABBAA (Francois). Bosco is a small community north of Scott, Louisiana, named for one Bosco Prejean who set up a store there. A related song is Doug Kershaw's "Cajun Stripper." Lawrence Walker has recordedan influential version of the tune.
Source for notated version: Lawrence Walker (La.) [Francois].
Printed sources: Francois (Yé Yaille Chère!), 1990; pp. 346-347. Greenblatt (The Cajun Fiddle Tune Book), 1985; p. 27.
Recorded sources: Arhoolie Records AR-LP5013, Lawrence Walker Arhoolie 427, Lawernce Walker - "Cajun Honky Tonk - The Khoury Recordings." Swing Cat 1612, "Al Berard & Friends."
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