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MARCEL BÉNÉTEAU
"LES FILLES DE SANDWICH VIELLES CHANSON DU DÉTROIT,
VOL. 1"
Now released on CD this collection reflects the songs of generations
sung at work and
at play by the French inhabitants of the Detroit River region.
Most of the songs originated
in France and were brought here by the early settlers.
Contents: Les filles de Sandwich; Les gens de Sainte-Claire;
L'amant refusé; Le joli
moine; La vie d'un garçon; Adieu de la mariée à
ses parents; Conseils de la mariée
à ses souers; La vieille amoureuse; La fille matelot; Tout
d'travers, tout à l'envers;
Le jour du mariage; L'ivrogne qui se plaint de sa femme; L'ivronge
aux trois enfants;
Le retour du fils soldat; Wô! Farlantine; Les voici, les
voilà; Les pâtés chauds.
Lyrics enclosed. Notes in French and English.
Compact Disc |
TO018D - $ 23.00 |
MARCEL BÉNÉTEAU
"VIEILLES CHANSONS DU DÉTROIT:
OLD FRENCH SONGS OF LE DÉTROIT, VOL. 2"
Long cut-off from the rest of the French-speaking world, the inhabitants
of le Detroit
have for nearly three centuries maintained a vibrant and unique
culture".
Contents: La soirée de mes noces; Le cheval en peinture;
Le cou de ma bouteille;
Un matin je m'y lève; Beau marinier; Entre Paris et Saint-Denis;
La bergère muette;
La fille et les trois soldats; Partez quand vous voudrez; C'est
un berger; Adieu donc,
Belle-Rivière; Viridam sanctam et nominam; À tôt
catin; Garçon à marier; La belle
qui fait la morte; Adieu la ville d'Orléans; La courte
paille; Un p'tit verre de bière.
Lyrics enclosed. Notes in French and English.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol.30, No.2 (June, 1996)
Cassette |
Compact Disc |
TO014C - $ 14.00 |
TO014D - $ 23.00 |
JAMES GORDON "MORE HOMETOWN TUNES"
A second collection of songs inspired by letters to CBC Radio's
'Ontario Morning'.
Contents: Down the Old Tweed Road; The Old Lucan Bell; Anna's
Dress; Stuart
Manson; Back Home In Lambton County; For Home and Country; The
Dancing
Bear's Dream; The Wreck Of the Erie Belle; Two Longs, A Short
and A Long;
Rancier's Rock; Break-in At the Pen; Oh My Sophia; Catherine and
Susannah;
Daniel MacDonald; Murder In Woodstock; The Fish Lake Garlic Man;
Angus
Campbell; George Washington Jones; Many More Mealtimes Than Meals;
Mussie; Andy's Fine Accommodation; Oil Springs. Lyrics enclosed.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 1 (March 1999)
Cassette |
CD |
TO019C - $ 13.00 |
TO019D - $ 18.00 |
TANGLEFOOT "SATURDAY NIGHT IN HARDWOOD
LAKE'
Most of the songs are about life and situations in Northern Ontario.
Contents: Traighli Bay; Motherlode; The Last Breakdown; Jones
¼ Line;
No Smoke, No Baloney; Immigrant's Tears; Walls Of Pine; Longjohns
In
Summer; The Drunken Dummer Survey; Fire and Guns; Losing Sight;
Paddy's Finger; Blow To the Heart.
Reviewed in the Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Dec. 1995)
Cassette |
Compact Disc |
TO016C - $ 14.00 |
TO016D - $ 20.00 |
TANGLEFOOT "THE MUSIC IN THE WOOD"
Another collection of great Tanglefoot songs about pioneer situations
and life
of Eastern Canada.
Contents: Awkward Donald; Closer To the Ocean; Jack the Green;
The
Farmer's Piano; The Music In the Wood; Secord's Warning; La V'La
M'amie;
Old Broken Soldier; Loup Garou; Stone Fences; Dollar Bill; Vimy;
Song For the Road.
Cassette |
Compact Disc |
TO017C - $ 14.00 |
TO017D - $ 20.00 |