Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.
This tune has been added to 51 tunebooks.
Also known as Canadian, Dermot Grogan’s Favorite, La Valse Du Beau Canton, Louie's, Louis, Louis's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Louis'
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Dmaj
AB AG|F2 DF Ad|f2-ffef|g2 bg fg|
B2-BdcB|A2 EF GA|c2B2c2|F2-FDFB|
A2-ABAG|F2 DF Ad|f2-ffef|g2 bg fg|
B2-BdcB|A2 EF GA|c2B2c2|d3 A FA|D3 A BA|
G2-GABA|c2-cABA|F2-FDFA|d2c2d2|
e4 ef|e2A2G2|F2-FEFG|F2E2F2|
G2-GABA|c2-cABA|F3 D FA||
d2c2d2|E4 EF|G2F2E2|D2F2A2|d2z4|
"Aly Bain: 50 Fiddle Solos"
With CD ~ accompanied by Phil Cunningham
Music Sales Ltd., Catalogue #DAM75128
Page 6 ~ & 'SWUNG'!
It seems a shame that such a nice tune has gone so long without any 'Comments' whatsoever. I'll return with another transcription...
# Posted on July 22nd 2005 by ceolachan
"Louis' Waltz" ~ Quebecois / French Canadian ~ 'traditonnel et balancé'
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: D Major
| B A>G |
F2 D>F A*d | f2- f>d e>f | g2 b*g f>g | B2- B>d c>B |
A2 E>F G>A | c2 B2 A2 | F2- F>D F>B | A2 A>B A>G |
F2 D*F A>d | f4 e>f | g2 b>g f>g | B2- B>d c>B |
A2 E>F G>A | c2 B2 c2 | d2- d>A F*A | D2- D>A B>A ||
G2- G>A B>A | c2- c>A B>A | F2- F>D F>A | d2 c2 d2 |
e4 e>f | (3efe (3ABA (3GAG | F2- F*D F>B | A2 E2 F2 |
G2- G>F G>A | c2 B2 A2 | d2- d>D F>A | d2 c2 d2 |
E2- ED EF | G2 (3FGF E2 | D2 CD FA | d2- d ||
& for variety's sake, another way with the B-part:
A2 A>^G A>B | c2 c>A B>A | F2 F>D F>A | d2 d>c d>^d |
e2 e>^d e>f | e2 A2 G2 | F2 F>E F>G | F2 E2 D2 |
G2 G>F G>A | c2 c>A B>A | F2 F>D F>A | d2 c2 B2 |
e*E- E>D E>F | G2 F2 E2 | D2 F2 A2 | d2- d ||
# Posted on July 22nd 2005 by ceolachan
* = "SNAP!"
# Posted on July 22nd 2005 by ceolachan
AKA louie's
On Joe Ryan's An Buachaill Dreoite as Louie's Waltz.
# Posted on April 27th 2009 by prestonian
Louis's Waltz/La Valse du Beau Canton
These amazing comments from Bob Pfeffer on IrTrad:
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This lovely waltz was composed by Andy DeJarlis (1914-1975) of Woodridge, Manitoba.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1SEC887781
He named it "La Valse du Beau Canton" [The Beautiful Village Waltz], and recorded it on "Et Domino Les Femmes Ont Chaud" [London MB71] as well on "Andy Dejarlis/Square Dance With Calls" [London EBX 4127], where it's called "The Village Waltz".
You can hear him playing that here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cLPS4pjeqM
My eternal gratitude to Eric Favreau, the fiddle player of the Quebecois group "Raz de Maree/Tidal Wave"
http://www.tidalwavemusic.com/groupe/index.html
for kindly giving me the name of the tune and its composer.
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I (nigelg) have been playing it as "Louis's Waltz" for years, since I heard Aly Bain playing it on the television, and on the Boys of the Lough album.
# Posted on June 28th 2011 by nigelg