Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
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Request a filePerformances by Wilbur Shaw, Mr. Bornu, Breaux Brothers Cajun Band, Elita Hoffpauir, Sam Stafford
[AFS-11 A side]
Wilbur Shaw, 1934, New Iberia:
'Dego' / 'Zydeco Sont Pas Salés' - juré
[AFS-11 B side] (00:03:30)
Mr. Bornu:
Instrumental-fiddle & guitar (blend French/Anglo); Cowboys Song - English w/ fiddle
'The Old Chisolm Trail'; 'Belle'
[AFS-12 single faced disk] (00:08:35)
Acadia Parish:
'Poupée donne à ton nègre'; 'Like An Honest Girl Do'
[AFS-13 single faced disk] (00:11:50)
Breaux Brothers Cajun Band; Crowley, LA:
'Let Me be Your Little Dog Mamma'
[AFS-14 A side] (00:15:00)
Elita Hoffpauir, 611 Hopkins St., New Iberia:
Là-bas sur ces montagnes; Je caresserai la belle; Au long de ce rivage; Address;
[AFS-14 B side] (00:21:45)
Elita Hoffpauir, 611 Hopkins St., New Iberia
'Au long de ce rivage'
[AFS-15 A side] (00:27:10)
Sam Stafford, Crowley, LA:
'There was a Rich Old Farmer'; 'Charlie Was a Nice Young Man'; 'Skip to My Lou'
Performances by Jesse and Sam Stafford, Hippolyte Dupont, Wayne Perry
Samuel Stafford, 6/1934, Crowley, LA :
Background info on Stafford
[AFS-15 B side]
'There Was a Rich Old Farmer'
[AFS-16 A side] (00:03:50)
Hippolyte Dupont; Kaplan, LA:
'Le petit mari'; Cadet Roussell; 'Sans souci' (nightwatchman); 'Le petit mari'; Background on Dupont
[AFS-16 B] (00:09:34)
Cher Willie; Braves gens militaires
[AFS-17 single faced disc] (00:15:58)
Jesse Stafford/Samuel Stafford; Crowley, 6/6/1934
Trois jolis tambours (La fille du roi)
Jesse Stafford, 6/9/1934, Crowley
Je m'endors
[AFS-20 single faced disk]; (00:22:15)
Wayne Perry; Indian Bayou, LA
Sitting on Top of the World; Chicken Cacklin; Old Time Creole Blues
[AFS-21 A side] (00:28:33)
Old Joe Clark; Sally Goodin
Musical Performances by Wayne Perry, Cleveland Sonnier, Fenelon Brasseaux, Isaac Sonnier et al, Lawrence Cormier, Cletus Mire
Wayne Perry 6/1934:
'Weevily Wheat'; 'Chickens Crowin' (Sourwood Mountain)
[AFS-21-B side] (00:03:04)
Cajun Waltz; Waltz; Blues
[AFS 24-A Side]; (00:08:50)
Eraste Vidrine, Hoseau Phillips, Hart Perrodin; LSU:
'Baiolle'; 'Depuis l’âge de quinze ans'; 'Grand Basile'
'La baquille'
[AFS-24 B-side] (00:14:03)
'J’ai passé devant ta porte'
Willis Ducrest; LSU student from St. Martinville:
Criminelle; discussion
[AFS-25 Single Faced Disc] (00:17:28)
Lawrence Cormier and Cletus Mire; Coulée Croche, LA:
'When A Woman Gets the Blues'; July 1934
'Eh, m'en aller' (Recorded at a Cajun Wedding) 1935
[AFS-26 A-side] (00:23:00)
Cleveland Sonnier, Fenelon Brasseaux, Isaac Sonnier, 6/29/1934, Erath, LA:
'S'il fait valliant'; background
Fenelon Brasseaux:
'Je me suis marié'
Cleveland Sonnier, Fenelon Brasseaux and Isaac Sonnier:
'Trinquons'
[AFS-26 B side] (00:28:30)
Chanson des Savoy
Ballads performed by Cleveland Sonnier, Fenelon Brasseaux, Lanese Vincent, Sidney Richard, Luke Hebert
Fenelus Sonnier 6/19/1934, Erath, LA:
Discussion; La Chanson de Théogene Dubois; Discussion
Cleveland Sonnier, Fenelon Brasseaux, Isaac Sonnier:
'Paysan', 'donne-moi ta fille'
[AFS-27 A side]
Lanese Vincent, Sindey Richard Kaplan, LA:
'J'ai parti au long du bois'; Discussion
[AFS-27 B side]
'J’ai marié un ouvrier'; discussion
'O, rossignol sauvage'; discussion; 'Le fille de quinze ans'
[AFS-28 B side] (00:17:07)
'Madame Gaien était promenant'; 'Je m’ai fait une maîtresse'
[AFS-29 A side]
Luke Hebert; 6/28/1934; New Iberia:
'C’est lamour qui m’a séduit le cœur'
[AFS-29 B side] (00:26:08)
Luke Hebert:
'À boire'; 'Adieu', 'mes vingt ans'
Ballads performed by Mrs. Sansey Bonnet, Elita, Mary, Ella and Julien Hoffpauir
Mrs. Sansey Bonnet; Crowley, LA:
[AFS-30 A side]
'La fille de quatorze ans'; 'Jolie brune'
[AFS-30 B side]; (00:01:50)
'Grand Dieu, que je suis à mon aise'; 'Si j’aurais des ailes'; 'La belle qui est endormie'; Discussion
[AFS-31 A side] (00:08:40)
Elita, Mary, and Ella Hoffpauir, 611 Hopkins St., New Iberia:
'Six ans sur mer'; 'Les clefs de la prison'
[AFS-31 B side] (00:14:40
'Papier d’épingles'; 'Si j’aurais les souliers'; 'J’ai vu Lucille'; 'Le plus jeune des trois'; 'Un matin j’étais sur ma galerie'; Discussion
Ballads performed by Julien Hoffpauir and Luneda Comeaux
Julien Hoffpauir; New Iberia, LA:
'Une jeune fille de quatorze ans'; 'Je m’ai fait une maîtresse'
[AFS-33 A side] (00:05:12)
Luneda Comeaux; New Iberia, LA; 1934:
'La belle, je suis venu'; 'La belle s’en va'; 'Un de ces grand matins'
[AFS-33 B side] (00:11:23)
Luneda Comeaux; New Iberia, LA; 1934:
'Charmant Billie'; 'Je me suis marié'; 'La Sainte-Catherine'; 'Dans le village' (spoken)
[AFS-34 A side] (00:17:44)
Luneda Comeaux (continued):
'Je suis né en automne'; 'Je suis la délaisée'; 'Le beau galant'; Joe Feraille; Madam Fardeuil
[AFS-34 B side] (00:23:10)
Luneda Comeaux (continued):
'Faire le tour, we danced all night'; 'Asseyez-vous dessus la terre'; 'Auparavant de s’en aller'
Anonymous person whistling
'St. Louis Blues'
Ballads performed by Davoust Bérard, Alfred Granger, Fernest Boutte, Henry Decuir, Elita Hoffpauir
[AFS-35 B side]
Davoust Bérard; New Iberia La; June 29, 2007:
'La fête printanière'
Alfred Granger:
'L'amour et fanatisme'
[AFS-35 B side]
Davoust Bérard:
'Les amours et les beaux jours'
Fernest Boutte, Alfred Granger, Davoust Bérard:
'Viens belle nuit'
[AFS-36 A Side] (00:11:43)
Davoust Bérard:
'Mes amis, je suis gris'
'J’ai pris encore à boire pour me chauffer'
Alfred Granger:
'Je tiens ma bouteille'
[AFS-37 A side] (00:17:20)
Elita Hoffpauir; New Iberia, LA; September 11, 1934
'Tout un beau soir'
Julien Hoffpauir (00:19:50)
'Au pont de Nantes'
[AFS-37 B side] (00:23:33)
'Je te bénis ma fille'; 'Mademoiselle Emélie'
Ballads performed by Julian and Elita Hoffpauir, Musical performance by the Segura Brothers, Unknown
[AFS 38-A side]
Julien Hoffpauir, New Iberia:
'La caille et la perdrix'; 'Il faut hisser ces voiles'
[AFS-38 B side] (00:06:50)
Elita Hoffpauir; New Iberia, LA:
'Dans mon chemin rencontrent trois garçons allemands'; 'Ouvre la porte'
[AFS-39 A side] (00:11:55)
Unknown man:
'J’ai fait mon serment'
[AFS-39 B side]
cuts from radio
Bess Lomax Hawes:
'I Hate Myself For Being So Mean to You'
Alan Lomax; Austin, Texas:
'When I Was a Cowboy'; 'Done Told Me They’d Pardon Me'
[AFS-40 single faced disk]
Segura Brothers; New Iberia, LA; June 22, 1934:
'Jolie blonde'; 'Viens donc t'assis sur la croix de ma tombe'
[AFS-41 A side]; June 16, 1934 (00:25:00)
Evangeline Band of St. Martinville:
Acadian Air #1; Acadian Air #2
Ballads performed by Henry DeCuir, Delmar Hébert, Joe Segura; Didier Hébert; Juré by Jimmy Peters and Singers
[AFS-41 B side]
Henry DeCuir, Delmar Hébert; 6/29/1934, New Iberia:
Instrumental-clarinet (or soprano saxophone) and fiddle
Rory O'Moore; Old Colonial Waltz
Hébert Family Band;
Instrumental (waltz) -clarinet (or soprano saxophone) fiddle accompanied by Héebert's children-descendents of the original Acadian settlers in Louisiana, specialize in old colonial music of Louisiana
-musicians claim that the tune is the first waltz introduced to Louisiana under French dominion
[AFS-42 A side] (00:04:30)
Joe Segura; Delcambre, LA; June 22, 1934:
'Adieu Marguerite'
Didier Hébert (00:08:10)
'C’est bien le mois d’avril'; ballads
[AFS-42 B side]
Joe Segura:
'Aux Illinois'; 'Le pays des étrangers'; 'J'ai fait une maîtresse'
[AFS-43 A side]
'Les filles à Albert Moreau'; Joe Feraille
[AFS-43 B side] (00:22:40)
'Un té pas gain de l'air'
[AFS-79 A side] (00:26:48)
Jimmy Peters and French Black Ring Dancers; Jennings, LA:
'Z’haricots sont pas salés'; 'Rock Away'
Jurés and ballads performed by Jimmy Peters, Joseph Jones, Joe Massey, Cleveland Benoit, Mighty Darby Hicks
Jimmy Peters; Jennings, LA; June 1934
Hier après-midi le chat a tué Fido;
[AFS-79 B side] (00:01:50)
Jimmy Peters
S'en aller chez Moreau; Je veux me marier;
[AFS-80 single faced disk] (00:07:30);
Joseph Jones; Jennings, LA; August, 1934
Blues de la prison;
[AFS-81 A side] (00:13:14)
Cleveland Benoit and “Mighty” Darby Hicks; Jennings, LA; August 1, 1934
Là-bas chez Moreau
[AFS-81 B side] (00:18:19)
Joseph Jones;
Me joindre là-bas à la maison
[AFS-82 A side] ((00:22:20)
Joe Massey; St. Martinville; St. John’s Plantation
Mo Malheureux / Si li lé bat; Mo Malade; Li pas connais
Musical performances by Joe Massey, Oakdale Carrière, Lunéda Comeaux and Paul Malveaux and Ernest Lafitte
[AFS-82 B side]
Joe Massey; St. Martinville, LA; St. John's Plantation:
'La jalousie c'est l'imagination'; 'Un coup de bâton'
[AFS-83 A side]
Oakdale Carrière; Angola, LA 7/1/1934: (00:06:23)
'O chère 'tite fille'; 'Perrodin two-step'; 'Catin, prie donc pour ton nègre'
[AFS-83 B side]
Lunéda Comeaux; New Iberia, LA: (00:12:52)
'Laissez-moi'
[AFS-85 A side]
Paul Malveaux, Ernest Lafitte; August 2, 1934; Jennings, LA:
'Bonsoir'; 'bonsoir 'tit monde'; 'M'a j'été dehors'
[AFS-85 B side]
'Bonsoir, petit monde'; 'Tous les samedis'
Musical performances by Austin Coleman, Joe Washington Brown, Angelle Pitre, Edwin L. Stevens, Ellis Evans, Jimmy Lewis, Cécile Audebert, Amélie Alexander
[AFS-111 A side]
Austin Coleman, Joe Washington Brown, Sampson Brown; Jennings, LA. May 1934:
'Feel Like Dying in His Army'
[AFS-111 B side] (00:05:30)
Angelle Pitre; Lake Arthur, LA:
'Bonsoir'; 'Et la remplir, Mariez-vous donc'; 'Mariée vous danse'
[AFS-112 A side]
Edwin L. Stevens (Former President of ULL) Lafayette, LA; June 13, 1934
'Crossing Jordan'; 'We're all gwine down to Jordan'; 'Là-bas dans Carencro'
[AFS-112 B side] (00:15:00)
Religious chant - Texas [He rose from the dead]
[AFS-113 single faced disk] (00:16:45)
Ellis Evans [harmonica], Jimmy Lewis [washboard] Loyd, LA:
'When I leave you baby'; Harmonica instrumental - 'Fais do do'
[889 A1,2,3] (00:23:30)
Cécile Audebert; New Orleans, LA 1937:
'Danse la Counjoille'
Amélie Alexander:
'Le roi détrôné'; 'I have no home'
Ballads sung by members of the Lafont Old Folks Home in New Orleans / Wood Cutting Songs
[889 B-1,2,3]
Ernestine LaBowe; New Orleans, LA; April 3, 1937:
'Fais do do ma fille' ('Crab dans Calalou')
Amélie Alexandre:
'Crab dans Calalou'
Alcide Louise:
'Cisseaux'
Ernestine LeBowe:
'Je suis un enfant gâté'; 'Fais do do Colin, mon petit frère'
[890 A1,2,3,4] (00:05:20)
Valentine Allain and Amélie Alexander; March 4, 1937:
'Ora ridel'
Wallace H Brooks:
'Trois pis caillon' (vendors' song)
[890 B 1,2,3] (00:09:55)
'Ice cream vendors' song'; 'Until I Reach My Home'
[891 A1] (00:14:58)
'Until I Reach My Home'
[891 A2] (00:17:45
Amélie Alexander, Valentine Alain and William Brooks:
'Cala Street Vendors Cry'
[891 B1,2,3]
Albertine Alexis:
'Allez-vous à la messe'; 'Madame Boco'; 'Dansez Codine'
[892 A]
Wood Cutting Songs by African-American Vocal Group; Hartman, Mississippi; March 8, 1937:
'O Rosie'
Musical Performances by Albertine Alexis, Ray Wood, et. al
892 B1 and 2
Hartman, MS
African American Work Songs
893 A1,2,3,4,5,6
Albertine Alexis; New Orleans, LA:
'Danser Colinda'; 'Les petits bateaux'
Ray Wood; New Orleans, LA:
'Eat When I'm Hungry'; 'Dog Tick and Tobacco Worm'; 'Green Gavel'; 'Did You Ever See the Devil'
893 B1,2,3
'Possum Up a Gum Stump'; 'Josephus'; 'Green Corn'
939 A1,2
Luise Henson; San Antonio, TX:
'Roll on Buddy'
Marie Rogers, New Orleans, LA:
'Arrive Bertrand'
939 B1,2,3
'Mon cher cousin'; 'Suzette'; 'Belle femme'; 'Fais do do, Minette'; 'Madame Caba'
Valentine Allain; March 4, 1937; New Orleans, LA:
'Je suis chrétien'
Musical performances
[3133 B1,2]
'Z'amours Marianne'; 'La Sainte-Catherine'
[3134 A1,2]
'La Sainte-Catherine'; 'Ma'm'selle Zizi'
[3134 B1,2]
'Pauv ti hele'; 'Mister Banjo'
[3990 A1,2,3,4)
Blues recordings from Texas
Musial Performance by Joe Harris and Kid White/ Noel Lebeau
Joe Harris (Mandolin) and Kid White (Guitar); October 10, 1940; Texas:
'When I get to Texas'; 'T'es pas là'; Childhood in New Iberia
[3991 A1,2,3,4,5]
'Ain't Nobody's Business'; 'Black Monday Blues'; 'Lookin' For That Bully'; Instrumental; 'In My Troubled Mind'
[2991 B1,2,3,4,]
Noel Lebeau, October 10,1940; Shreveport, LA:
'Camarade'; 'Trois Cadiens'; 'Mon esperance d'aller'; 'S'il faut mourir'; 'Camarade'; 'Trois Cadiens'; 'Come Along Sue'