Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
This searchable database provides information on images, documents, and audio and video recordings, made between 1934 and the present.
Performances 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' ('Crali da Calalou')
Amélie Alexandre:
'Crali da 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'