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.
Dubs of Disc Recordings of Mabel Touchet, Sydney Romero, Marie Lange, Huey Hebert, Catherine Duhon, Mrs. Leonce Harrington, Mrs. Alphe Hebert;
Recordings:
Mabel Touchet - Kaplan, LA, Februrary 7, 1947 and May 5, 1947
00:10 - "Mon père m’a mis à l’école" (two takes) (La rose au bois)
03:45 - "Y à trois petits tambours" (three versions)
Sydney Romero - Kaplan, LA, Februrary 7, 1947
10:30 - "Si tous les garcons du monde"
12:30 - "Faites monter les pigeons blancs" (Vive l’amour)
Marie Lange - Kaplan, LA, May 5, 1947
13:22 - "Y avait un petit homme" (Guillori)
15:34 - "Moi, je l’aime une petite fille"
17:13 - "Goodbye ma chère amie"
18:25 - "Mon père m’a donné qu’un petit homme" (Le petit mari)
Huey Hebert - Kaplan, LA, May 26, 1947
19:24 - "C’est la robe à Tante Dolie"
19:50 - "Les maragoins ont tout mange ma belle" (two takes)
20:30 - "Je prends mon violon"
20:55 - "Tu m’as promis"
Catherine Duhon - Meaux, LA, 1947
21:27 - "Y avait un petit bonhomme"
Mrs. Leonce Harrington (nee Marie Hebert) Abbeville, LA, March 3, 1949
22:00 - "Mon père était un jardinier"
Mrs. Alphe Hebert - Abbeville, LA, March 3, 1949
23:05 - "Et ou tas-tu charmant Billy"
Dairy Day French Song Contest - Abbeville, LA - 1953, Ballads Sung by Forked Island School Children
Judged by Louise Olivier, Louise Verret, Dr. Arceneaux
Side 1 - Children’s Division, Oct 16, 1953
00:00:10 - Intro
00:01:53 - Annie Catherine Broussard - "La fête de Dairy Day"
Raywood Morvant
00:03:49 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:05:14 - "La cravate"
00:06:50 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:08:56 - Herman Babineaux - "Papillon"
00:10:29 - Daisy Foster - "J’ai étais au bal"
00:12:15 - Jimmy Morvant - "Je veut marrier"
00:14:17 - Harry Touchet - "Danser Colinda"
00:15:38 - Rita Cecile Landry - "Frère Jacques"
00:16:20 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Savais-vous planter des choux"
Burton LeMaire
00:18:49 - "La marseillaise"
00:20:00 - "Saute Crapaud"
00:20:15 - "Frère Jacques"
00:21:07 - James Broussard - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:23:10 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Quand j'étais petite"
00:27:00 - Catherine Blanchet - Winners announcement
Side 2 - Adult Division - Oct 17, 1953
Raywood Morvant
00:29:40 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:31:18 - "La cravate"
Joe “Nonc Joe” Harrington
00:34:37 - "Ne pleure pas, vierge de France"
00:37:35 - "La caille et la perdrix"
Ulysses Broussard
00:41:05 - "Madame ??, donne-moi ta fille"
00:43:45 - "Et ou c’est qu’elle est, la malheureuse"
Caesar Vincent
00:45:28 - "O le printemps de Jules Bitière" (sp) (Tobie Lapière)
00:50:06 - "C’est une vieille"
Lelia Labauve
00:53:15 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:55:20 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:56:30 - "Bonjour belle Rosine"
00:58:54 - Andre Pommier - "Allons à Lafayette"
01:01:00 - Mme. Joe Falcon - "Jolie Brune"
01:02:02 - Joe Falcon - "Allons à Lafayette"
Mme. Sylvan Romero
01:04:19 - "Mes trois camarades"
01:06:20 - "Les maragoins"
01:06:55 - "La petite poule caille"
01:08:05 - Clevinis Touchet - "Mon aimable catin"
01:10:42 - Alan Richard - "Dans la Louisiane"
01:!2:20 - Roy Theriot - "Les maragoins"
01:18:20 - Caesar Vincent - "Fais do-do, petite"
01:19:50 - Winners announcement
Forked Island School Children - Mar 17, 1954
01:21:27 - Marlin Hargrave - "Si j’aurais mes souliers" (La cravate)
Forked Island Elementary Fifth and Sixth Grade School Group
01:23:35 - "La Marseillaise"
01:24:30 - "Je suis chrétien"
01:24:52 - "En avant, poumpoum"
01:25:03 - "Saute Crapaud"
01:25:20 - Pervis Hebert - "Devinez quoi ce qu’il y a"
01:26:18 - Agnes Saltzman - "Les maragoins"
01:26:40 - Agnes Saltzman and Burton LeMaire - "Et ou est-ce que t’es parti"
01:28:30 - O’neal Suire - "Un petit bonhomme"
01:27:48 - Geneva Nunez - "Madame Baptiste" (version of Madame Bosso)
Dairy Day French Song Contest - Abbeville, LA - 1953, Ballads Sung by Forked Island School Children
***Note: This tape was in awful condition, and it was almost impossible to get a good pass on it***
BL1-006 contains the same performances from Abbeville Dairy Day 1953
00:00:05 - Introduction
00:01:56 - Annie Catherine Broussard - "La fête de Dairy Day"
Raywood Morvant
00:03:50 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:05:14 - "La cravate"
00:06:50 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:08:53 - Herman Babineaux - "Papillon"
00:10:24 - Daisy Foster - "J’ai étais au bal"
00:12:15 - Jimmy Morvant - "Je veut marrier"
00:14:15 - Harry Touchet - "Danser Colinda"
00:16:30 - Rita Cecile Landry - "Frère Jacques" (00:15:30) - Tape mistracks badly. Restarts song at around (00:16:30)
00:17:38 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Savais-vous planter des choux"
Burton LeMaire
00:19:52 - "La marseillaise"
00:20:48 - "Saute Crapaud" (fragment)
00:21:18 - "Frère Jacques"
00:22:11 - James Broussard - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:24:16 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Quand j'étais petite"
00:27:55 - Catherine Blanchet - Winner's announcement
Side 2 - Adult Division - Oct 17, 1953
Raywood Morvant
00:30:36 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:32:10 - "La cravate"
Joe “Nonc Joe” Harrington
00:35:22 - "Ne pleure pas, vierge de France"
00:38:18 - "La caille et la perdrix"
Ulysses Broussard
00:45:28 - "Madame ??, donne-moi ta fille". Tape mistracks and restarts
00:48:03 - "Et ou c’est qu’elle est, la malheureuse"
Caesar Vincent
00:49:50 - "O le printemps de Jules Bitière" (sp) (Tobie Lapière)
00:54:26 - "C’est une vieille"
Lelia Labauve
00:57:33 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:59:35 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:56:30 - "Bonjour belle Rosine"
01:03:05 - Andre Pommier - "Allons à Lafayette"
01:05:13 - Mme. Joe Falcon - "Jolie Brun"
01:06:38 - Joe Falcon - "Allons à Lafayette"
Mme. Sylvan Romero
01:08:30 - "Mes trois camarades"
01:10:30 - "Les maragoins"
01:11:06 - "La petite poule caille"
01:12:10 - Clevinis Touchet - "Mon aimable catin"
01:14:45 - Alan Richard - "Dans la Louisiane"
01:16:27 - Roy Theriot - "Les maragoins"
01:22:23 - Caesar Vincent - "Fais do-do, petite"
01:24:00 - Winner's announcement
01:25:30 - Family recordings begin
Unidentified child singing with Ed Blanchet
Tape mistracks, corrects at (01:36:20)
01:39:05 - "Happy Birthday"
01:41:00 - "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
Recording made at Catherine’s parents’ home / #6, Roy Theriot's office, 1953, Back: ?/56, Rev. Martin, Oct/53, Roy Theriot's Office
Recordings:
00:00:00 - Reverand Martin talking about Catherine at her parents' home
00:06:50 - Same man paraphrases something that he read and sings an unidentified French song
00:08:53 - Unidentified French Song
00:11:35 - "I Trust In God"
00:16:40 - Poem
00:22:05 - Religious chants
Roy Theriot’s office - Abbeville, LA, October 23, 1953
00:25:18 - Joe Harrington - "Au pont de l’Anse" (Nantes)
Caesar Vincent
00:30:09 - "O dis moi donc, mon aimable catin"
00:33:17 - "L’oranger"
00:35:50 - "Je chante une chanson" (Sur le bord de l’eau)
00:40:05 - "O nous avons qu’un temps a vivre"
00:41:28 - "Les maragoins" (La valse de vieux Ropopio)
00:42:30 - "Si j’avais mes ons souliers" (La cravate)
Mrs. Sylvan Romero
00:44:22 - "Y a trois de mes camarades"
00:46:25 - "Par un beau dimanche" (Ouvre la porte)
00:48:45 - "C’est ma petite poule caille"
Caesar Vincent
00:49:45 - "Charmante Eloise"
00:52:05 - "C’est une jeune fille"
"Marie-en-sange, femme jolie" (Mariansan)
01:00:25 - "O viens-tu, doc"
"Par un dimanche matin"
01:05:30 - "En arriere de chez mon pere" (Dig et don don)
Catherine Blanchet Recordings of Lucia Broussard
Lucia Broussard, 1954:
Les œufs
Sur le bord de la rivière - Lucia Broussard
Là-bas, là haut sur cette montagne
Little Boys:
Silent Night
Recording made at Catherine’s parents’ home / #6, Roy Theriot's office, 1953, Back: ?/56, Rev. Martin, Oct/53, Roy Theriot's Office
***Copy of BL-009***
00:00:00 - Reverand Martin talking about Catherine at her parents' home
00:06:50 - Same man paraphrases something that he read and sings an unidentified French song
00:08:53 - Unidentified French Song
00:11:35 - "I Trust In God"
00:16:40 - Poem
00:22:05 - Religious chants
Roy Theriot’s office - Abbeville, LA, October 23, 1953
00:25:18 - Joe Harrington - "Au pont de l’Anse" (Nantes)
Caesar Vincent
00:30:09 - "O dis moi donc, mon aimable catin"
00:33:17 - "L’oranger"
00:35:50 - "Je chante une chanson" (Sur le bord de l’eau)
00:40:05 - "O nous avons qu’un temps a vivre"
00:41:28 - "Les maragoins" (La valse de vieux Ropopio)
00:42:30 - "Si j’avais mes ons souliers" (La cravate)
Mrs. Sylvan Romero
00:44:22 - "Y a trois de mes camarades"
00:46:25 - "Par un beau dimanche" (Ouvre la porte)
00:48:45 - "C’est ma petite poule caille"
Caesar Vincent
00:49:45 - "Charmante Eloise"
00:52:05 - "C’est une jeune fille"
"Marie-en-sange, femme jolie" (Mariansan)
01:00:25 - "O viens-tu, doc"
"Par un dimanche matin"
01:05:30 - "En arriere de chez mon pere" (Dig et don don)
Mrs. F.W. Kerkseick 1969, Mrs. Milton Nunez 1969
Mrs. F.W. Kerkseick & Mrs. Milton Nunez:
Mrs. F.W. Kerkseick - Performing old Irish songs that Irish construction workers sang
01:00 - "The Old Chaw"
01:48 - Two verses from other songs
Mrs. Milton Nunez
04:57 - "Le matin, quand je me lêve" (Les amours et les beaux jours)
-Learned from Ms. Eunice Langlinais
06:45 - "Jouais l’accordion"
07:55 - Same tune played on accordion and harmonica
10:47 - "Le temps et proche finis" (Cantique)
Meaux High School Quartet - 1957
Meaux High School Quartet:
00:00 - "Father, Carry Me Home"
00:47 - "Tap, Tap, Tap"
03:51 - "My Lady Sleeps"
06:56 - "Tap, Tap, Tap"
08:29 - "Students talking"
French Singing Contest - Opelousas Yambilee Festival
French Song Contest - Matches recording from Ralph Rinzler - RI1-001
Emmeline Broussard
02:00 - "Le chevalier du roi"
03:45 - "La petite Jacqueline"
05:10 - Tex Parent - "La Magalon"
07:10 - Debra Couvillon - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
Amy Dean Meaux
07:50 - "Papa m’a donné un petit mari"
09:25 - "J’ai étais au bal hier au soir"
11:48 - "La chanson de cinquante sous"
14:15 - "Allons dancer Colinda"
Joseph Schexneyder
16:00 - "Oh ma belle"
17:25 - "J’ai perdu mon mama"
Master of Ceremonies (name unknown)
20:20 - "Nora, Darling"
Ending
Interview with F. Stelly recorded by Marie del Norte Theriot
Presumed to be a recording made by Marie del Norte Theriot. Copy dubbed by Catherine Blanchet;
00:20 - Mardi Gras chant with a quick description of a Mardi Gras run;
02:40 - Discussion about old ways of dancing - Quadrilles, Lanciers;
06:05 - Talking about a novel written in 1888 by a Delahoussaye- This novel gives an account of the Acadians;
07:30 - Account of traditional Acadian clothing;
Tapes 1 and 2 from Louise Olivier Collection - Copy Collected by Catherine Blanchet
"Olivier Collection" Dr. Bonstein; date c. 1956; Bobby Burg, Marian Dugazé, Madame Burg, Boy Fruget;
Tape #1
1. Gabrielle
2. Les Maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle
3. La Chanson de Cinquant Sous
4. La fille de quatorze ans
5. Chère tout tout
6. Allons Danser Colinda
7. La valse de Church Point
8. Johnny Can't Dance
Tape #2
9. Jolie Blonde
10. J'ai passé sous le pommier
11. La fleur de la jeunesse (Lula Landry)
12. Les filles de Vermilion (Lula Landry)
13. Pagnier d'épingles
14. J'ai passé devant ta porte
15. La noce à Josephine
Blanchet Family Tape
Blanchet and Gibbins Family Tape
Contains orchestral and choral recordings as well as children singing
Blanchet Family Tape
Blanchet - Family Recordings:
Children singing "Happy Birthday" to Catherine
Children singing nursery rhymes
Interview with Mrs. Dronet
Recording made in Loom Room
***Needs to be cataloged more in-depth***
Interview with Mrs. Dronet - Discussion about how to work a loom while demonstrating the process
Song Fragments - Mrs. Dronet and Catherine Blanchet singing
01:04:30 - "La fleur de la jeunesse"
01:05:15 - Unidentified ballad
01:07:55 - "La belle Emelie"
Prejean Festival - Song Contest
Presented by Mr. Robert Prejean, Director:
Daniel Deville - Accordion
00:50 - "La valse des musiciens"
02:30 - "Madame Sosthaine"
03:40 - "Les traces de mon bogué"
04:57 - "Acadian Stomp"
Mme Lynnwood Vincent - Evangeline, Louisiana
06:09 - "Zing Zang Zon" (Danse ronde)
06:35 - "Ce nes plus un rêve"
07:40 - "La fête printanière" (Colinda et Colin)
10:15 - "Evangeline"
12:08 - "Galine, Galine, Gallow"
Marcus Landry - Harmonica, Accordion and Vocals
13:55 - "Hier aprés-midi le char à tué Fido"
15:22 - "Saute Crapaud"
16:20 - "La valse à grand chenier"
Mme. Curly Richard - Vocals
20:10 - "Ma Louisiane"
22:37 - "J'ai passé devant ta porte"
23:30 - "Pays dans la jogue"
Sabry Guidry - Harmonica and Vocals, Stories (Recorded extensively by Barry Ancelet - See Ancelet Collection)
25:09 - "Je me sens seule"
27:28 - "La 'tite jogue jaune"
28:38 - "Pas dessus les larmes"
30:15 - "Joke about a horse"
Mme. Catherine Blanchet - Vocals - Les danses rondes
32:05 - "La jolie rosier"
32:30 - "Papillion"
33:06 - "Shoo Fly"
Marcus Landry - Harmonica and Vocals
33:50 - "Je prends mon violon"
Mme. Steve Broussard (Amy Dean Meaux)
36:25 - "Mon petit mari"
37:58 - "J'étais au bal hier au soir"
39:42 - "J'ai passé dessus le pomier"
Mr. Klaby Meaux - Accordion
42:00 - "Les 'tits yeux noirs"
44:24 - "Grand Mamou"
46:32 - "Mon bon vieux mari"
James E. Fontenot - Operatic vocals and guitar
49:07 - "Mon bon vieux mari"
51:08 - "J'ai fais tout le tours du grand bois"
51:59 - "J'ai passé devant ta porte"
Meaux High School Presentation
Meaux High School:
00:00 - Introduction and singing of "Star Spangled Banner"
01:30 - "It's Me, It's Me, It's Me, O Lord" fragment
01:49 - Description of Meaux High School
02:40 - Quick descriptions of what students will learn in each grade
06:00 - Description of "upper elementary grades" and readings of essays
08:35 - High School - Language Arts, Mathematics, Agriculture, Science and Home Economics descriptions
12:30 - Electives and Extracurricular classes
13:10 - 1st graders singing "La petite poule caille"
14:40 - Band performance
Recording of French Ballad by Catherine Blanchet and Tèrese Perram
Multiple takes - Catherine Blanchet sings "un chanson de rouie"
***Notes accompany tape - stored in box***
Songs Sung by Various Children Recorded by Catherine Blanchet
Catherine Blanchet - Recordings of children singing:
00:00 - Roland Touchet - "Enterre-moi pas" - fragment
00:27 - Isodore Touchet - "Mon bon vieux mari"
01:35 - Oscar Joseph Foster - "La chanson de 50 sous"
03:20 - Beverly Jane Fontenot, Juanita Gail McDaniel - "Frères Jacques"
04:15 - Ophelius Bourque and Roland Touchet, Juanita Gail McDaniel - "Saute crapaud" (multiple takes)
07:10 - Unidentified singer - "J'ai casser le do de mon clarinette"
07:50 - Roland Touchet - Unidentified song
10:20 - Ophelius Bourque - "Les maringoins ont tout manger ma belle"
11:07 - Isodore Touchet - "Bosco Stomp"
12:00 - Isodore Touchet - "Lovesick Waltz"
12:55 - Isodore Touchet - "Colinda"
13:44 - Roland Touchet - "Frères Jacques"
14:34 - Roland Touchet - "Madame Sosthaine"
15:30 - Ophelius Bourque - "Touts les deux pour la même"
16:15 - Janelle Duhon, ?? Guidry - Unidentified song
16:30 - Henry Doucet, Jr. - "Je veux marrier"
17:00 - Henry Doucet, Jr. - French stories
19:50 - Lena Abshire - Unidentified songs
23:35 - Barbara Frederick - "Dedans la Louisiane"
27:52 - Unknown singer - "Pine Grove Blues"
Catherine Blanchet Interviews Mme. Robin
00:00 - Classification of Acadian Folk Dances - Circles, contra lines, with partners, unaccompanied by music;
01:55 - Square dances and les lanciers - Mentions that she found an example in the Olivier Collection;
02:50 - Les jolies tambours;
03:40 - Mazurkas - She mentions that the Louisiana version of the Mazurka is almost unrecognizable compared to what they call a Mazurka in Europe;
05:00 - Description of the Acadian Waltz;
07:00 - Mazurka - Came to France from Poland, was a fashionable dance at some point, the French called the dance the "Warsaw." Descriptions of Mazurka steps;
09:40 - Current dances used with Cajun music - Polka, Waltz, 1940's "fad" dances;
12:30 - Definition of "fad dances;"
14:20 - Les danses rondes as seen in Breaux Bridge;
16:15 - Acadian dances with wooden shoes;
21:00 - More descriptions of Waltz, Mazurka, and Polka dances;
22:35 - Solo dances during Mardi Gras;
22:50 - Danse de mouchoir;
24:10 - Danse du marier;
25:00 - Colinda;
27:00 - Reconstructing old European dances;
Recordings of Songs Sung by Simeon Touchet for Catherine Blanchet's Thesis
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, Louisiana
00:00 - "Je suis la délaisse"
03:08 - "Je te donnerai un petit paquet d'épingles" (with Sidmay Touchet)
06:20 - "La belle Créole"
09:30 - Unnamed song learned from Louis Hebert
12:35 - "D'un grand matin dans mon jardin"
14:58 - "Allons chers camarades à l'armée"
20:44 - "La bas dans ces vallons" (with Sidmay Touchet)
24:30 - "Par un beau Lundi" (La belle Emelie)
28:45 - "Le long de ces beaux bois"
33:00 - "O, Chère Chèrie"
Choral Performance of French Songs
Choral performance by students at the Meaux School
00:00 - L'oranger;
02:15 - La jolie rosier;
02:38 - Je voudrais marier;
03:23 - Allons au bois
03:50 - Shoo Fly;
04:55 - J'ai étais au bal;
06:23 - Papier d'epingles
07:59 - Mon bon vieux mari;
09:54 - Le premier jour de Mai;
13:14 - La 'tite poule caille;
14:06 - La violette;
14:36 - Malbrough s'en va t'en guerre;
16:00 - La jolie rosier
16:30 - Mon petit mari;
17:49 - Trois petits tombours;
18:34 - Oh Lord, Hallelujah;
21:30 - I'm So Glad;
Songs Sung by Various Children Recorded by Catherine Blanchet
Copy of BL1-028
Catherine Blanchet - Recordings of children singing:
00:00 - Roland Touchet - "Enterre-moi pas" - fragment
00:27 - Isodore Touchet - "Mon bon vieux mari"
01:35 - Oscar Joseph Foster - "La chanson de 50 sous"
03:20 - Beverly Jane Fontenot, Juanita Gail McDaniel - "Frères Jacques"
04:15 - Ophelius Bourque and Roland Touchet, Juanita Gail McDaniel - "Saute crapaud" (multiple takes)
07:10 - Unidentified singer - "J'ai casser le do de mon clarinette"
07:50 - Roland Touchet - "Dinga Dong Dong"
10:20 - Ophelius Bourque - "Les maringoins ont tout manger ma belle"
11:07 - Isodore Touchet - "Bosco Stomp"
12:00 - Isodore Touchet - "Lovesick Waltz"
12:55 - Isodore Touchet - "Colinda"
13:44 - Roland Touchet - "Frères Jacques"
14:34 - Roland Touchet - "Madame Sosthaine"
15:30 - Ophelius Bourque - "Touts les deux pour la même"
16:15 - Janelle Duhon, ?? Guidry - Unidentified song
16:30 - Henry Doucet, Jr. - "Je veux marrier"
17:00 - Henry Doucet, Jr. - French stories
19:50 - Lena Abshire - Unidentified songs
23:35 - Barbara Frederick - "Dedans la Louisiane"
27:52 - Unknown singer - "Pine Grove Blues"
French Folk Songs Sung by Gerard Dole and Catherine Blanchet
Tape had bad shedding with heavy print-through;
00:05 - I Love You, vous m'entender pas;
00:55 - J'ai plus petit doigt;
02:10 - Gerard introduces himself - tape starts breaking down badly at this point;
03:10 - Trois petits tombours;
Harry Oster - Tape IV - Recordings of Alma Bartholemew
Tape is in poor shape. Better quality recordings can be found in the Oster Collection
Harry Oster - Tape III - Various Performers
Recordings made by Harry Oster - Various Performers
The Colored Sacred Harp
00:00 - Florida Storm;
04:15 - Give Me Just a Little More Time;
06:20 - The Mercy Seat - Fairview Church near Hackleburg, AL - 3rd Sunday in April;
09:12 - The Spirit Shall Return;
Recordings by Corrine Saucier Recorded in Avoyelles Parish - Dubbed to tape by Catherine Blanchet
Le mariage de la caille et la perdrix (song) - Raphael Courville (Laforte : Ma-13)
Catherine Blanchet Recordings of Lucia Broussard and Georgiana "Jo" Stauffer (1950, 1954)
From reel-to-reel
1. La-bas, la haut sur cette montagne
2. Les oeufs
3.Sur le bord de la riviere
4. C'est pas les raisins pourris
5. Clara se marie
6. C'est un blond que mon coeur aime
7. J'etais a la fontaine
8. Pendant la contre danse
1950 - from wire
9. Je m'eloigne de lui que j'aime
10. Allons au bois, mesdames
11. Sur le bord de la riviere
12. Dais do-do minette - Georgiana Stauffer
13. Nicolas (fragment)
Interview with Josephine Broussard
Cassette #49 in Catherine's Catalog
Interview with Lionel Leleux
Cassette #50 in Catherine's Catalog;
Exact date unknown - Tape says Jan. 1988
La Ronde des danses - Catherine Blanchet
Cassette #51 in Catherine's Catalog Recording Date Unknown
Matt Haney - Fiddler - Valse a deux temps
At Lena's House Before Christmas - Side 2
Only the year is noted
Courtesy of Earlene Broussard
Josie Hidalgo Vincent - Recordings from 1940 and 1957
Cassette says Josie Hidalgo Vincent, Case notes that it's tape two from Lena's house.
Catherine Blanchet Recordings of Lucia Broussard, Roberta Hardy, et al. (1953-57) / Children Happy Birthday
Side A :
Lucia LaBauve Bernard
Ed Blanchet + boys
Mrs. Lucia Broussard
Gerogianna Stauffer
Roberta Harder
Frank Harder
Side B:
Blanchet Children
Happy Birthday
ABC
Il est ne
D'ou viens-tu
Adeste fideles
Down by the Station
Sing a Song of 6 Pence
Jesus Loves Me
3 Billy goats & Boy
Interview and Musical Performance by Yvonne Meaux Duhon
00:35 - "Le premier jour de Mai" (La padriole);
04:18 - Catherine says that Yvonne's mother taught her that song in 1944;
06:20 - "Au pont du Nantes" with discussion of the song lyrics;
09:45 - "Mon bon vieux mari;"
11:30 - Yvonne tells a story about performing "Mon bon vieux mari" at a talent show in school;
12:40 - Yvonne learned most of the songs from her father, Odesse Meaux, most family members sang French songs at family gatherings;
14:55 - "La belle Elizabeth;"
20:20 - Catherine tells a story about Simeon Touchet;
23:30 - "Au clair de la lune;"
24:30 - Discussing and singing the Mardi Gras Song
29:00 - Talking about local music venues and local bands;
38:45 - "La belle Elizabeth" and discussion of lyrics;
44:00 - Catherine sings a song - unknown title;
Songs and folktales by Léonel Lachassée, Madame Galbert Guidry, Selena Guidry et al.
Side A
00:00:00 - Bouki et Lapin et le puits ("Bouki et Lapin et l'puits") (story) - Madame L.B. Boudreaux / Elbie Boudreaux
00:01:55 - La chasse à l'ours (story) - Léonel Lachassée
00:03:10 - "Quand je suis né" (song) - Léonel Lachassée
00:04:40 - "La Délaissée" (song) - Léonel Lachassée
00:06:10 - La viande de chevreuil (story) - Léonel Lachassée
00:06:30 - Cousins (story) - Léonel Lachassée
00:06:59 - "Je suis né" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
00:08:17 - "Je m'en irai voir mon aimable brune / Mon aimable brune" (song) - Selena "Lena" Guidry
00:09:35 - "J'ai passé une petite maison neuve" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
00:10:42 - "Paul le sellier" (song) - Galbert Guidry
00:13:32 - "La belle Créole" (song) - Galbert Guidry and Madame Galbert Guidry
00:17:14 - "Dieu du ciel" (song) - Célestine Morton
00:19:12 - "C'est pour aller chercher" (song) - Célestine Morton
00:21:00 - "L'enfant Jésus" (song) - Célestine Morton
00:23:08 - "La passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ" (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:25:36 - "Revenez donc pécheurs" (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:26:58 - "Adieu, Vièrge Marie" / "À Dieu, Vièrge Marie" ("Ah, Dieu, Vièrge Marie") (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:28:48 - "Il y a qu'un seul Dieu" (song) - Laurent Salomon
00:30:35 - "Je suis un homme d'une grande famille" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
Side B
00:32:12 - Petit Jean et les hommes du roi ("Tit Jean et les hommes du roi") (story) - Prestin-Joseph Primeaux
00:33:56 - Le petit garçon sans peur ("Le p'tit garçon sons peur") (story) - Ludovic "Dovie" Lachassé
00:38:30 - "Je m'ai fait un nouveau beau" ("J'm'ai fait 'n nouveau beau") (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
00:40:25 - "J'ai passé dessous le pommier" ("J'ai passé dessous l'pommier") (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
00:41:27 - "Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle (song) - Madame Courtney LaBauve
00:41:55 - "Chanson du soldat" (song) - Madame Freddie Trahan
00:46:15 - "Je me suis levé trois heures avant le jour" (song) - Madame Freddie Trahan
00:55:12 - "Pauvre petit coin coin" - (rhyme) - Madame Pete Guidry
00:55:27 - Le conte du moqueur et hibou (story) - Madame L.B. Boudreaux / Elbie Boudreaux
00:56:11 - Petit Poucet ("Tit Poucet") (story) - Mme Pete Guidry
01:00:58 - "Pin Pi Po Laurent" / "Pan Pi Po Saint Laurent" (nursery rhyme) - Lucille Saltzman
01:01:00 - "Come, come!" / "Pin Pan" / "Dédé LaCart" / "Dédé Lacas" (nursery rhyme) - Lucille Saltzman
01:01:45 - Barbe bleue (story) - Madame L.B. Boudreaux / Elbie Boudreaux
Songs and folktales by Edé Adam, Fannie Lee Marceaux, Doles Saltzman et al.
00:00 - L'histoire de la religieuse / Qui est le plus fort? / La fourmi / La froumi (story) - Edé Adam
02:33 - "Embarque, embarque" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux
05:35 - "M'amiliée venez avec moi" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux
07:49 - "Prospère" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux
13:26 - Petit Jean sans peur ("Tit Jean sans peur") (story) - Edé Adam
16:40 - Petit Jean et le grand géant ("Tit Jean et le grand géant") (story) - Doles Saltzman
18:09 - "Je suis parti" (song) - Barosse Hébert
21:10 - "Chanson du matelot" (song) - Fannie Lee Marceaux
Songs and folktales by Léonore Catalon, Barosse Hébert, Madame Galbert Guidry et al.
Side B
00:00 - "Je suis un homme d'une grande famille" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
00:45 - "Aux pas, aux pas soldats" / "Aux pas soldats" (song) - Léonore Catalon
01:52 - Le mulet de 4 ans (story) - Barosse Hébert
02:47 - "Mon père, c'était jardinier" (song) - Barosse Hébert
03:38 - "La petite poule noire" (song) - Barosse Hébert
04:50 - "J'ai passé vers une cour" (song) - Barosse Hébert
06:04 - "Biron" / "Tobie Lapierre" (song) - Barosse Hébert
07:07 - "Là-bas de chez mon père" / "L'oranger" (song) - Barosse Hébert
08:43 - "Buvons, buvons" (song) - Barosse Hébert
10:26 - "Jacques Guillotte" (song) - Barosse Hébert
12:37 - L'histoire de la religieuse / Qui est le plus fort? / La fourmi / La froumi (story) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
16:46 - "Le vieux mari" (song) - Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
17:50 - "Le lendemain matin" (song) - Léonore Catalon
19:15 - "Par un samedi au soir" / "Par un samedi soir" ("Par un samedi z au soir") (song) - Léonore Catalon and Inez Catalon / Enes Catalon
21:16 - "Le tablier blanc" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
23:35 - "Vers l'arrivée de France" (song) - Madame Galbert Guidry
26:38 - Minette et ses roulettes (story) - Madame Albert Doucette / Madame Albert Doucet
27:26 - "Dedans ces bois où tout c'est agréable" (song) - Madame Albert Doucette / Madame Albert Doucet
31:52 - "C'est le refrain de ma chanson" (song) - Hubert Landry, Madame Hubert Landry