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.
Agnes Derouen
00:00 - Grew up near Avery Island, has been at KATC for 3 years. Father was salt miner;
01:30 - Interviewed Jimmy Owens for KATC, featured in Esquire Magazine;
04:40 - Hosts "Acadiana Down Home" on KATC - Reported most of up-beat stories at the time of slower economic times;
06:20 - Younger people started doing a "Cajun Jam" but size of the crowd became so large, they moved to a night club, around Milton, at Mr Sam's Club;
07:30 - Talking about musicians Cedric Benoit, Bois-Sec Ardoin, Canray Fontenot;
08:50 - Being Cajun becoming popular across the country
12:20 - Agnes says it's a good thing to speak Cajun French out in the open, it helps people to take pride in the area and their culture;
Interview with Carl Braseaux
00:30 - Born in Opelousas, Attended Sunset High School (class of 1969);
01:10 - Both parents owned property around Sunset to Cankton, LA Highway 1776;
03:30 - Brasseaux says that Cajuns settled around Cankton, LA. It was "prime" land - land that was on or near waterways;
07:00 - First generation houses were 16'x20' raised on piers, near Coulée Croche area (Upper Bayou Vermilion);
08:50 - Jean Mouton developed the Lafayette area (Bayou Carencro);
10:30 - Small houses were doubled in size by the mid 1800's;
11:00 - Cotton was the main small farm crop;
11:35 - The federal government owned most of the land, so people squatted on the lands; Lands weren't put up for sale until late in the 19th century;
13:40 - The "marais," referred to the prairie that would flood during for a short time during rain storms;
16:30 - Rice boom in the Lafayette area around the time of the Civil War, property values spiked; Number of stores and merchants doubled around Vermillionville;
17:30 - Washington, LA was large exporter of cattle to New Orleans
24:20 - During Civil War, most soldiers foraged around the Lafayette area for food.
25:10 - During the war, the area continued producing sugar and cotton;
25:35 - Spring of 1863, the Union Army march through Lafayette, many cattle were killed, buildings were destroyed, homes were looted;
27:50 - Lafayette area very slow to recover after the Civil War.
29:15 - Citizens Bank in New Orleans was the only major bank in Louisiana. Plantation owners had to take out large loans;
30:15 - Mechanization really didn't come to the area until after WWII.
35:30 - Oil companies looked at Cajuns being lazy. Cajuns were content just being comfortable and living off the land
36:30 - The oil industry workers that came for out of state were mostly Protestant (Baptist)1960-1975, a century worth of growth in a decade and a half
43:00 - Cajuns couldn't compete with larger land plots (growers) and migrated to the oil patch;
Interview with Carl Brasseaux Part 2
00:30 - I-10 under construction in early 1970's;
01:00 - Carl worked in an auto parts store through college;
02:00 - Febuary 13th, 1986 - world news, oil prices dropping dramatically, Governor Edwin Edwards wanting to start closing different departments in the state to save money;
04:15 - Integration in the 70s
05:40 - Sixteen year olds dropping out of high school to work in the oil patch. Most with minimal skills (welders) making more money than their fathers. Bottom falls out, property values decrease, unemployment soars.
07:30 - 1980's brings more of a focus on education.
07:50 - "Don't be a rough-neck, become a petroleum engineer."
09:45 - White Collar Oil workers in Lafayette demanded higher standards for education.
10:15 - School system in Lafayette Parish has been one of the better quality systems in the state
14:30 - Thoughts on the future - People working offshore less
16:30 - Cottage industries start to spring up as oil jobs decrease. (crawfish farming, welding, restaurants, boat builders)
18:45 - Growing problem of pollution from the oil industries, Louisiana cancer rates; Waste sites not looked at until 1980;
20:35 - $30 million crawfish contract fell through because of poor water tests (standards)
21:00 - Saltwater intrusion in drinking well up to Iota, LA
22:00 - Diversification is crucial to Lafayette and the surrounding areas
Interview with Lionel Leleux
Kaplan, LA
Fiddle maker
Leleux was after Ammis Leleux, Had a General store, rice mill, racetrack, blacksmith shop from 1912 to WWII, prices of crops rose;
The Post Office and school moved from Leleux to Kalpan just after WWII;
Built Leleux Grammar School in 1907-1911 (02:57);
Hess Oil Company occupied Leleux oil patch;
Lionel's father had a German made fiddle, which he had to sell to pay off his seed rice, early 1920's;
In 1924, his father made a agreement to pay him to water the live stock to buy a small fiddle;
"Memories of the Great Depression" (book) features the Leleux Dancehall;
Lionel would listen to the music from across the street because his father wouldn't let him go;
Cajun music modernized came about with Lawrence Waker (13:50);
Lawrence Walker learned by listening to Joe Falcon's music;
Different styes of Cajun music were influenced by trends;
The accordion would come in and out of popularity (17:20);
Joe Falcon's stringband (17:30);
Adam Hanks wrote and sang Chère Alyce - The horse that he sings about in the song was named "Henry" (18:30);
Listen to "The Country Waltz" by Lawrence Walker and then play "Chère Alyce", then you see the difference (19:45);
Oil Industry first moving into the area (22:00);
Out-of-state residences put more money into local economies (27:00);
Cajuns very welcoming to the new influx of people from Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi during 1950's on
Live Performance by Don Montoucet, Louis Foreman, Kevin Naquin
Don Montoucet, accordion and vocals
Louis Foreman, fiddle and vocals
Kevin Naquin, vocals and triangle
Mini Disc 1
00:00 - Chère tout tout;
05:30 - Harold Bernard - Intro;
08:05 - Hick's Wagon Wheel Special;
09:26 - Jolie Blonde / Don and Kevin tell stories
18:18 - J'ai étais au bal;
22:10 - Stories - Don talks about starting to play the accordion;
28:20 - La valse de Bayou Teche;
32:51 - Evangeline Special / Stories;
38:55 - Grand Mamou/Stories
44:45 - Fifi Poncho
48:20 - Lawrence Walker stories told by Louis Foreman
55:50 - Flammes d'enfer
Live Performance by Don Montoucet, Louis Foreman, Kevin Naquin
Don Montoucet - accordion and vocals
Louis Foreman - fiddle and vocals
Kevin Naquin - vocals and triangle
Recorded 2001
Mini Disc 2
00:30 - Juste Une Reve;
05:30 - La porte d'en arrière / stories;
13:12 - Chère tout tout;
18:00 - Don talks about his jobs driving the school bus and being a mechanic/car inspector;
22:00 - Pauvre Hobo;
27:50 - Eunice two-step;
31:57 - Amédé two-step + Don Montoucet tells stories;
40:28 - Perrodin Two Step;
44:04 - Lovebridge Waltz;
48:16 - Home Sweet Home
51:00 - T'en à eu, t'en auras plus
Live Performance by Harry "Rubin" Trahan, Lisa Trahan Reed, Mitch Reed
MiniDisc 1
Harry "Rubin" Trahan - accordion and vocals;
Lisa Trahan - guitar and vocals;
Mitch Reed, fiddle
00:00 - Intro
01:24 - J'ai étais au bal;
05:00 - Spoken introduction, Belizaire Waltz, stories;
10:30 - Allons à la queue de tortue;
14:58 - Jolie Blonde;
18:21 - Allons à Lafayette;
21:52 - Marais bouleur;
25:30 - Pauvre Hobo;
30:25 - Grand Mamou;
35:38 - Pauvre Hobo;
38:44 - La valse de Alida;
42:58 - Hathaway Two-Step;
47:35 - La Valse de Malchanceux;
53:58 - Crowley Two-step;
58:00 - Blues Stay Away From Me;
01:03:28 - Little Fat Man;
Performance by Harry "Rubin" Trahan, Lisa Trahan Reed, Mitch Reed
MiniDisc 2
Harry "Rubin" Trahan - accordion and vocals;
Lisa Trahan Reed - guitar and vocals;
Mitch Reed, fiddle;
00:00 - Introduction, Mitch Reed tells stories about Fido / End
Live Performance by Shelton Manuel, Jason Babineaux, & Richard Burgess
MiniDisc 1
Shelton Manuel - Fiddle;
Jason Babineaux - Accordion;
Richard Burgess - Guitar
00:00:28 - Hick's Wagon Wheel Special;
00:03:40 - Intro, Announcements;
00:06:41 - Evangeline Special;
00:10:05 - Duson Waltz;
00:13:46 - J'ai étais au bal;
00:18:08 - La valse criminelle;
00:22:28 - Les flames d'enfer;
00:26:15 - Jolie Blonde;
00:30:20 - Shelton talks about when he played fiddle for Nathan Abshire. Played together at the Avalon Club in Basile. Also played with Jack Leger, Austin Pitre
Jay Graffanino (orchestral band), Shirley Bergeron, J.B. Fuselier, Harry Choates, Chuck Guillory, Carl Thibodeaux. Shelton mentions that he played a gig with Iry LeJeune the night before he was killed.
00:33:55 - Lacassine Special;
00:37:55 - Lafayette Playboy's Waltz;
00:42:30 - Entèrre-moi pas;
00:46:16 - Cajun Queen;
00:52:36 - Wafus Two Step/Talle des ronces;
00:56:00 - Shelton lives on his own, farms, raises guineas;
00:56:50 - Perrodin two step;
01:00:26 - La valse de patate;
01:04:19 - Johnny Can't Dance;
01:07:38 - Chère Tout Tout;
01:11:25 - Port Arthur Blues;
Lafayette Two Step, gets cut off, concludes on Disc 2;
Live Performance by Shelton Manuel, Jason Babineaux, Richard Burgess
MiniDisc 2
Shelton Manuel, fiddle; Jason Babineaux, accordion; Richard Burgess, guitar
00:00 - Lafayette Two Step, concluding from MiniDisc 1
01:58 - Cajun Waltz
7:14 - Medley of ? and Le Grand Texas
11:17 - Chere Bassette
16:08 - Ossun Two Step
20:40 - First attempt at Valse de Balfa
25:00 - Several minutes of noodling La Valse Criminelle
28:00 - Serious re-attempt at playing La Valse Criminelle
30:00 - Grand Mamou Waltz / Shelton tells stories
33:35 - Second time attempt at Valse de Balfa
34:45 - Shelton has to tune down his fiddle / stories
36:11 - Third attempt at Valse de Balfa
46:44 - Tit Galop Pour Mamou
Live Performance by Shelton Manuel, Jason Babineaux, and Richard Burgess
Shelton Manuel, fiddle; Jason Babineaux, accordion; Richard Burgess, guitar
[This page is a placeholder; MiniDisc is unplayable as of right now]
Accompanying notes of MiniDisc 3:
(Track 1-5 on MD was background chatter; band was taking break. Was not digitized)
Track 6-10: Shelton Manuel tells stories about going blind
Cajun Soul
Cajun Queen
Port Arthur Blues
Kaplan Waltz
Port Arthur Waltz
Enterre moi Pas
File corrupted/unplayable after Track 9
Live Performance of Lacassine Playboys; Milton Vanicor, Orsy Vanicor, Irwin LeJeune
Lacassine Playboys;
Milton Vanicor - Fiddle
Orsy Vanicor - pedal steel
Irwin LeJeune - accordion
Recorded c. 2004; Milton was 86 years old at time of recording
MiniDisc 1
00:00 - recording starts in the middle of "California Blues"
02:38 - Bayou Noir
07:02 - Viens Chercher
12:00 - Bayou Pon Pon
15:38 - Valse de Cajun
19:06 - Churchpoint Breakdown
Live Performance of Lacassine Playboys; Milton Vanicor, Orsy Vanicor, Irwin LeJeune
Lacassine Playboys;
Milton Vanicor - Fiddle
Orsy Vanicor - pedal steel
Irwin LeJeune - accordion
Recorded c. 2004; Milton was 86 years old at time of recording
MiniDisc 2
00:00 - Recording starts in the middle of interview; Milton jokes about being "16 years old turning 87"
00:32 - Lacassine Special
04:41 - Calcasieu Waltz
09:31 - Evangeline Special
13:40 - Milton tells a story about Iry LeJeune falling off a pile of boxes on stage
19:15 - Love Bridge Waltz
24:46 - Teche Special
28:27 - Tee Monde
31:30 - Orsy tells story about picking up Iry LeJeune hitchhiking
37:10 - La mer (?)
41:00 - Irwin and Milton tell more stories
43:17 - Marrier Pas
46:33 - Audience asks about Rodair Club
47:43 - Band plays "Happy Birthday" for Harold Bernard
52:17 - Lake Arthur Stomp
56:07 - La Valse Criminelle
59:36 - J’Étais au Bal
1:03:38 - La Valse de Separation
1:07:42 - Jolie Catin
1:13:38 - Grand Bosco (recording cuts off in middle of song) / End
Live Performance of Lacassine Playboys; Milton Vanicor, Orsy Vanicor, Irwin LeJeune
Lacassine Playboys;
Milton Vanicor - Fiddle
Orsy Vanicor - pedal steel
Irwin LeJeune - accordion
Recorded c. 2004; Milton was 86 years old at time of recording
Placeholder; MiniDisc 3 unplayable as of right now; will be digitized later
Live performance by U.J. Meaux, Jimmy Breaux, Faron Serette
U.J. Meaux, fiddle and vocals; Jimmy Breaux, accordion; Faron Serette, guitar
MiniDisc 1
00:00 - Scott Playboy Special
05:00 - Chere Tout Tou
09:14 - Perrodin Two Step
Live performance by U.J. Meaux, Jimmy Breaux, Faron Serette
U.J. Meaux, fiddle and vocals; Jimmy Breaux, accordion; Faron Serette, guitar
Mini Disc 2
0:00 - Harold introduces the band
3:50 - Sundown Playboy Special
7:25 - Reno Waltz
12:10 - Quand j'étais pauvre
16:47 - Walker Special
19:58 - Lovebridge Waltz
27:40 - Attrapes Mon Chapeau
32:29 -Valse de Amite
39:14 - Amédé Two-Step
44:23 - 'Tits yeux noirs
48:34 - Allons a Lafayette
52:00 - U.J. answers audience questions
J'ai passe devant ta porte 59:21-63:17
Back in Town 63:17-68:32
Live Performance by Rodey Fontenot and Tina Pinaloni
Rodney Fontenot, fiddle; Tina Pinaloni, fiddle
01:32 - Cranking the Old Engine
01:59 - Madame Young
05:48 - Bebe Creole
12:18 - One Step de Mamou / Lake Arthur Stomp
17:28 - Rodney tells Joe Falcon stories
20:12 - Tante Aline / Viens me chercher
24:47 Tina explains Creole crosstunings on the fiddle / Rodney tells a story about how he sold his first fiddle for a sack of potatoes / Rodney also talks about the special strings he needs to play "double tuned down"
34:26 - Jolie Blonde
37:50 - Rodney answers audience questions
44:30 - Happy Two Step
47:50 - Audience sings happy birthday to Rodney
49:07 - ? / End
Live Performance by Bois Sec Ardoin
Mini Disc 1 is currently corrupted; will be restored later
Mini Disc 2 is as follows:
Bois Sec Ardoin on accordion on vocals, guitar and other vocals ?
00:00 - Allons Danser
03:00 - Harold asks the audience to turn the lights on / ends at 03:36
Live Performance by Michael Doucet, Ann Savoy, Steve Riley, Matt Doucet, Joel Savoy
Michael Doucet, fiddle; Ann Savoy, guitar; Steve Riley, accordion; Matt Doucet, guitar; Joel Savoy, piano
Mini Disc 1
00:00 - Introduction by Harold & Michael Doucet
06:32 - Alleman's Jig (Melody of "Valse de Cajun" but as a jig)
9:15 - Alleman's Jig again but as a two step
12:15 - Joel Savoy comes up on stage
14:07 - Michael explains Cheese Reed's fiddle tuning (standard) / La Belle de la Louisiana / La Belle de Bayou Tech
20:38 - Tasso / McGee's Reel
27:15 - Ann Savoy joins the stage
30:00 - Chere Bassette
36:31 - Grand Mallet
41:00 - Valse a Reed
45:40 - Doc Guidry's Two-step
Live Performance by Michael Doucet, Ann Savoy, Steve Riley, Matt Doucet, Joel Savoy
Michael Doucet, fiddle; Ann Savoy, guitar; Steve Riley, accordion; Matt Doucet, guitar; Joel Savoy, piano
MiniDisc 2
02:06 - La Valse des Jonglemonts, two-step arrangement
07:45 - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie in French
Live Performance by Michael Doucet, Ann Savoy, Steve Riley, Matt Doucet, Joel Savoy
Michael Doucet, fiddle; Ann Savoy, guitar; Steve Riley, accordion; Matt Doucet, guitar; Joel Savoy, piano
MiniDisc 3
00:00 - starts in the middle of Evangeline Playboy Special
04:28 - Dennis McGee Medley
09:45 - La Valse de Vachers
Live Performance by Thomas Matte, Reggie Matte, and Ken David
Thomas Matte, accordion and vocals; Reggie Matte, triangle and vocals; Ken David, fiddle
Recorded c. 2005; Thomas was 93 years old at time of recording
Mini Disc 1
00:00 - Thomas noodles on the accordion / Harold makes announcements and pitches Dewey Balfa Week
08:00 - Lewisburg Two-step
11:20 - Chere Tout Tout
14:39 - Chere Alice
16:49 - Thomas answers audience questions
18:11 - Eunice Two-step
22:34 - Thomas answers more audience questions / Thomas tells a story about how he lost the first accordion he owned in French
28:30 - Mon Bon Vieux Mari
32:28 - Reggie Matte arrives late from a boudin run / Harold gives more announcements
34:29 - ?
38:05 - Tit galop pour Mamou
41:47 - ?
46:09 - Allons a Lafayette
49:55 - Hathaway Two-step
52:30 - La porte d'en arriere
59:00 - ?
1:02:30 -
1:05:41 -
1:08:44 -
1:12:20 - Fifi Poncho
1:15:00 - Thomas talks about being a farmer during the Great Depression; switches between speaking in French and English / End
Live Performance by Thomas Matte, Reggie Matte, and Ken David
Thomas Matte, accordion and vocals; Reggie Matte, triangle and vocals; Ken David, fiddle
Recorded c. 2005; Thomas was 93 years old at time of recording
Mini Disc 2
00:00 - Conversation about being a farmer in the Great Depression continues from Mini Disc 1
05:10 - Lewisburg Two Step
08:49 - Evangeline Special
13:10 - Church Point Breakdown
17:10 - Les Flammes d'Enfer / End
Forked Island 1954, Chris’ Piano Lesson, Hidalgo/Vincent 1957
Unknown Singer (No note on box, Look in note cards and try to match to tape)
00:00 - "La Sainte Catherine"
01:25 - Unknown song
03:55 - "C’est un bonne rêve, Laisser-moi dormir"
06:55 - "J’ai passé dans les grands bois"
08:20 - "I Have a Good Job"
Marlin Hargrave - Forked Island Elementary School, March 17, 1954 - Recorded by Roland Broussard, teacher
09:00 - "Si j’aurais mes souliers (La cravate)"
Group of Fifth and Sixth Grade Students from Forked Island Elementary
11:20 - "La Marseillaise"
12:27 - "Je suis chrétien"
12:49 - "En avant poumpoum"
13:00 - "Saute crapaud"
13:18 - Pervis Hebert - "Devinez quoi ce qu’il y a"
14:20 - Agnes Saltzman - "Les maragoins"
14:45 - Agnes Saltzman and Burton LeMaire - "Et ou est-ce que t’es parti"
16:45 - O’neal Suire - "Un petit Bonhomme"
17:02 - Geneva Nunez - "Madame Baptiste"
17:30 - Christine Broussard - Piano Lesson - April 19, 1954
Dubs of disc recordings - Songs sung by Evangeline Saltzman, Allen James Dronet, Liben Simon, Emery Toups, Betty Lou Robert, Roland Desormeaux, Annie Lee Romero
Evangeline Saltzman - Gueydan High School, March 24, 1949 - ***Original discs transferred to tape at varying speeds***
00:00 - "Mon père m’a donné un petit mari"
01:25 - "Le premiere jour de mai"
03:50 - "O oui, grand Dieu que je suis à mon aise"
06:35 - "Mon bon vieux ‘tit homme"
07:25 - "La belle allait, oui, au matin"
10:58 - Allen James Dronet, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Trois petits gallants"
13:51 - Liben Simon, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Dédans Lyon" (Devines ce qu’il y à)
14:50 - Unknown singer - "Quatre belles oiseaux"
16:03 - Liben Simon - "Et quand j’étais petite" (La rose au bois)
17:25 - Emery Toups, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Y à t’un princess"
18:06 - Betty Lou Robert, Erath, LA, 1949 - "En arrière de chez mon père" (L’oranger)
21:10 - Roland Desormeaux, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Je suis parti au grand bois" (Jogue au plombeau)
Annie Lee Romero, Erath, LA, 1949
22:10 - "Gabrielle Waltz"
22:37 - "Lafayette est pris en feu"
23:00 - "Quand j’etais garcon"
Dubs of Disc Recordings of songs sung by Mabel Touchet, Marie Lange, Leonce Harrington, Huey Hebert, Evangeline Saltzman, Roland Desormeaux, Annie Lee Romero, Emery Toups, Betty Lou Robert, Ernest Belanger, Duprelie Boudreaux
Recordings by Various Artists:
00:00:10 - Unknown Singer - Unknown Song
Mabel Touchet, Kaplan, LA - Kaplan High School, February 7, 1947, and May 5, 1947
00:01:40 - "Un matin dans mai"
00:03:09 - "Trois petits tambours"
Marie Lange, Kaplan, LA, Kaplan High School, May 5, 1947
00:05:35 - "Mon père m’a donné qu’un petit homme" (Le petit mari)
Mrs. Léonce Harrington (née Marie Hebert), Abbeville, LA, March 3, 1949
00:06:35 - "Mon père était un jardinier"
Marie Lange
00:07:41 - "Goodbye ma chère amie" (multiple takes)
00:09:45 - "Y avait un petite homme" (Guillori)
00:12:05 - "Moi, je l’aime une petite fille"
Huey Hebert, Kaplan, LA - May 26, 1947
00:13:14 - "C’est la robe à Tante Dolie"
00:13:47 - "Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle (two takes)"
00:14:34 - "Je prends mon violon"
00:14:57 - "Tu m’as promis"
Evangeline Salzman - Gueydan, LA, March 24, 1949
00:15:36 - "La belle allait oui au moulin"
00:19:03 - "O oui, grand Dieu que je suis à mon aise"
00:21:52 - "Mon bon vieux 'tit homme"
00:22:38 - "Mon père m’a donne un petit mari"
00:24:00 - "Le première jour de mai"
00:26:20 - Roland Desormeaux - Erath, LA, 1949 - Je suis parti au grand bois (Jogue au plombeau)
Annie Lee Romero - Erath, LA, 1949
00:27:18 - "Gabrielle"
00:27:45 - "Lafayette est pris en feu"
00:28:10 - "Quand j’étais garçon"
00:29:06 - Unknown singer - "Quatre belles oiseaux" (Two takes, first take mistracks)
00:30:30 - Unknown singer - "La destinée, la rose au bois"
00:31:50 - Emery Toups - Erath, LA, 1949 - "Y à t’une princess"
00:32:30 - Betty Lou Robert - Erath, LA, 1949 - "En arriere de chez mon père" (L’oranger) (Fragment)
Ernest Belanger - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947) 82 years old
00:33:00 - Unknown song
00:37:40 - "C’est la caille et la perdrix"
00:39:27 - "Sur le pont de Nantes" (La belle s’est mis en page)
00:44:30 - "Par un beau lundi" (O La belle Emelie)
00:45:23 - "J’ai trouvé c’elle que j’aime"
00:45:30 - "Sur le pont de Nantes" (Fragment)
00:47:05 - "En revenant du boulanger"
00:48:50 - "C’est la vie de la nation" (fragment)
Mrs. Duprelie Boudreaux - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:50:23 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:52:05 - "Hummed Lullaby"
Ernest Belanger
00:53:14 - "C’est la belle Sylvie"
00:55:25 - "Il y à des jolies filles" (two takes)
00:58:18 - "Il est grand temps de me marier"
01:01:13 - "O la, grand dieu, que je suis à mon aise"
01:04:18 - "Logé, j’ai attendu dire que t’es parti à l’armée" (fragment)
Tape III - Re-recordings of wax discs made in 1946 and 1947
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, LA, November 22, 1946
00:00:08 - "La-bas, oui, chez mon père" (L’oranger) (two takes)
00:02:40 - "La belle Créole"
00:05:39 - "Viens, dira-tu, belle Castilliene"
00:08:31 - "O dis moi donc, mon aimable catin"
00:11:58 - "J’avais juré" (Ta tete est courronée or La fleure de la jeunesse)
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, LA, February 8, 1947
00:15:25 - "Par un beau lundi" (Le belle Emelie)
00:19:28 - "La bas dans ces vallons"
00:22:53 - "Depuis ce jour, la belle Créole"
00:28:50 - "Petit enfant"
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, LA, May 5, 1947
00:30:10 - "Je suis la délaissée"
Simeon Touchet with Sidman Touchet Trahan
00:33:05 - "Je te donnerai un petit paquet d’épingles" (Laforte : Ma-12)
Simeon Touchet
00:35:39 - "Lisa, pourquoi refusé ma tendresse"
00:39:10 - "Le long de ces beaux bois"
00:42:20 - "C’est ue petite fille de quinze ans"
Simeon Touchet - May 24, 1947
00:50:15 - "D’un beau soir en me promenant"
Marie Hebert Touchet
00:51:57 - "O si l’amour prendrait racine" (Vive l’amour)
Simeon Touchet
00:52:48 - "Sur les trois lauriers blancs"
00:55:50 - "Blanche ma bonne lumière"
00:58:30 - "O Charles cheri"
01:01:00 - "D’un grand matin dans mon jardin"
Tape 3 Side 2 - Re-recordings of wax discs made in 1946 to 1949
Re-recordings (1946-1949)
00:00:12 - Simeon Touchet - "Allons chers camarades a l’armée"
00:02:25 - Paul Touchet - Meaux, LA, May 25, 1948 - "Je me marie en quatre semaines" (Théogene Dubois)
Sidmay Touchet Trahan
00:07:07 - "Je connais qui est une femme comme moi"
00:03:56 - "Vive l’amour"
00:04:40 - "Les Acadiens sont pas si fou"
Joe Frederick - Meaux, LA, July 8, 1949
00:04:56 - "Allons chanter un chanson"
00:08:15 - "Les cantiques de mort"
00:26:00 - "Voila l’instant toute glorieuse"
00:29:05 - "Je crois en Dieu"
Ernest Belanger - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:31:58 - "Ce soir j’ai déserté" (two takes)
00:35:35 - "O, c’est la caille et la perdrix"
00:37:53 - "Sur le pont de Nantes" (La belle s’est mis en page)
00:42:52 - "O la belle Emelie"
00:43:40 - "J’ai trouvé celle que j’aime"
00:45:24 - "En revenant du boulanger"
00:47:10 - "C’est la vie de la nation"
Mrs. Duprélie Boudreaux - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:48:40 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:50:17 - "Lullaby"
Ernest Belanger - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:51:28 - "C’est la belle Sylvie" (Rossignol Sauvage)
00:53:38 - "Il y à des jolies filles"
00:56:25 - "Il est grand temps de me marrier"
00:59:24 - "O la, grand Dieu, que je suis à mon aise"
01:02:25 - "Loge, j’ai attendu dire que t’es parti à l’armée"
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