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Help: French Canadian Folk Song
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Subject: French Canadian Folk Song From: Jim Krause Date: 16 Jan 02 - 05:55 PM I'm looking for the melody to both of these French Canadian folk songs V'LA L'BON VENT and EN ROULANT MA BOULE. I think there is something disconnected because the sound file for V'la L'Bon Vent doesn't play. Any one know of a good recording of both of these two songs? I need them for a presentation I'm making for the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial workshop in Louisville, KY in March. Jim |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: Jim Krause Date: 16 Jan 02 - 06:05 PM Refresh |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 16 Jan 02 - 06:32 PM V'Là L'Bon Vent is in the RCA set, CS-100, Canadian Folk Songs, LP # 7, side A, sung by Jacques Labrecque. I couldn't find your second title, but could it be Le Bal Chez Boulé ? (LP # 9, side B). This has a refrain that seems to have been borrowed from a canoe-paddling song, but concerns a back-country man who can't dance and gets thrown out of the party. Also sung by Jacques LaBrecque. The LPs are also labeled Canada International Classica, and were impressed in Montreal. The box set also bears the CBC label. I don't know if this album is still available But look in the RCA and CBC (Canada Broadcasting Corp.) catalogues for a re-issue on cds. The Midi of V'Là L'Bon Vent seems to be OK now. |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: Jerry Dingleman: The Boy Wonder(inactve) Date: 16 Jan 02 - 07:46 PM Ian & Sylvia sand "V'Là L'Bon Vent" on their Four Strong WInds" album in the early-1960s. Now included on their boxed set "THe Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings." Jerry |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: Barry T Date: 16 Jan 02 - 07:59 PM You'll find midis and lyrics here. |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 16 Jan 02 - 08:06 PM Whoa, Jim, did you say Louisville? More details please, is this open to the public? RE: Lewis and Clark -- I guess you saw Ken Burns' special on Lewis and Clark. He used the tune "Beechspring" as background music, and it was gorgeous. Also, I guess you know all about L & C's journey. I was Fibula Mattock's Secret Santa and sent her some info from the Falls of the Ohio State Park across the Ohio River from Louisville. It really is a fascinating story. I would recommend the Ken Burns Special to anyone. |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 16 Jan 02 - 11:04 PM Barry, was your site formerly the Great Canadian Tunebook? I had that site bookmarked, but found that it was no longer available. Anyway, thanks for the website! |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: Barry T Date: 17 Jan 02 - 01:06 AM Yup... it's one and the same. My old one got nuked when the @home mail and web server empire collapsed and my high speed cable ISP dropped them like a hot potato. |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: GUEST,DrWord@work Date: 17 Jan 02 - 01:31 AM There is a beautiful rendition of En roulant ma boule by Canadian children's entertainer Fred Penner. For an anglophone listener, his performance and diction are marvellous models.
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: Sarah the flute Date: 17 Jan 02 - 03:42 AM me and the girls when we get singing do en roulant ma boule.... well me and my friend Ros get to do the chorus cos of our limited french accent abilities and the brainy one Fran who went to a posh Uni to do French & German gets to do the chorus. It's a nice jolly tune Sarah |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: GUEST,michael batory Date: 17 Jan 02 - 05:43 AM I have an excellent recording by CHIFONNIE. It is included in the K7/CD "La Chanson Francaise Traditionnelle" on the EPM Musique label. It is a French release but is available in the UK. They are at 188 bvd. Voltaire, 75011, Paris. The line up on this track is:- Hal Collomb(vocal):Serge Desaunay(Diatonic Accordion/ vocal accomp.):Patrick Perroton(Soprano Sax/vocal accomp.):Patrick Desaunay (guitar/vocal accomp.):Jacques Dompierre(percussion): Michele Bernard(vocal accomp.) michael.batory@bcuc.ac.uk |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: Mrrzy Date: 17 Jan 02 - 09:10 AM I have En Roulant on one album, Chantons en Francais by Alan Mills. It has a counterpart of French Folk Songs Sung In English, which has the exact same songs by the same artist (of sea chanty fame), only in English. So one record has En Roulant Ma Boule Roulant, en roulant ma boule, and the other has Roll the Ball O Roll it Along, Roll along the Ball-O. I have V'la le Bon Vent by Shep Ginandes. |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: Jim Krause Date: 17 Jan 02 - 02:15 PM Mary in KY, To answer some of your questions: The L&C Symposium is being sponsored by the US Army Corps of Engineers and will be held the week end of March 15-17 at Locust Grove Historic House in Louisville. I don't know what attendance is going to be, but I read in the fine print that if there is room the public may attend the lectures. The only way I know how to get further information is by contacting Ken Wilk. Yeah, I saw the Ken Burns special on L&C. The history was good, the re-enactors on the keelboat were pretty good, but I was disapointed in the music. I think he could have done better at using period tunes played on period instruments. "Beech Spring" was a good choice, however, but "Shenandoah" is too late by about a decade. Why he didn't use the two voyageur chansons that started this thread, I'll never understand. English naturalist John Bradbury made the trip up the Missouri River in 1811 aboard a keelboat with fur trader Manuel Lisa. He recorded in his journal a fragment of the song En Roulant Ma Boule. I suspect that Pvt. Peter Cruzatte was quite familiar with this song, having served the St. Louis French fur traders as a trader before he enlisted in the L&C Corps of Discovery. Thanks to all those who answered. JK |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: GUEST,Annraoi Date: 17 Jan 02 - 04:47 PM Are there any Canadian songs containing lyrics both in French and English? Annraoi |
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Subject: RE: Help: French Canadian Folk Song From: Irish sergeant Date: 17 Jan 02 - 05:01 PM Annraoi: If I rememebr correctly, If you visit didgtrad and type in "Un Canadien Errant' The lyrics came up in both Frenc and English Kindest regards, Neil |
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