Mon Coeur TāAppelle ( AKA Jāai Passe Devant Ta Porte ) Cleoma Breaux Falcon Vocals Guitar - Joe Falcon Accordion. Recorded at Atlanta, Georgia, on April 19th. 1929 OKey Records 900004. AKA and see āMon Coeur TāAppelle.ā Cajun, Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. D Major (Greenblatt): G Major (Francois). Standard tuning. One part. The very popular old Cajun song expresses āgrief at the unexpected death of a loved one...(it is) a much loved waltz (that) is an essential part of many Cajun musiciansā repertoiresā (Brown, 1983, pg. 18). Raymond Francois (1990) relates that his father remembered the song being played at the time the Titanic sank, though the tune predated that disaster. Source for notated version: Elton āBeeā Cormier and Raymond Francois (La.) [Francois]. Francois (Ye Yaille, Chere!), 1990; pgs. 167-168. Greenblatt (The Cajun Fiddle Tune Book), 1985; pg. 7. Bee Records BEE-104, Elton āBeeā Cormier.
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