Westphalia Waltz (Olde Tyme Fiddle tune made famous by Cotton Collins c1946)

This is actually a very old French tune from nearly 300 years ago that made its way to Germany and then during WW2 a fellow by the name of Cotton Collins a fiddler from the U.S., who was with Hank Thompson and the Lone Star Playboys, took this tune back home with him in his head and refined this old waltz and gave it new life in the 1940s while at a dance in Wesphalia, Texas.
According to an awesome write-up by Clay Coppedge on the website
http://www.texasescapes.com/ClayCoppedge/Westphalia-Waltz.htm Coppedge tells that ...After a dance at Westphalia Hall in 1946, the band met with hall manager B.J. Lignau to divvy up the evening's proceeds. Collins mentioned the crowd sure like his 'No Name Waltz.' Lignau said that since the song had no name, he might as well call it 'Westphalia Waltz.' So thats what he did and it became a number one hit released on Bluebonnet Records.
Here I managed to chord along on the guitar and play second fiddle too...tricky...lol, but cool after a million trys!!

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[86thekillingjoke]

This is awesome, cotton Collins was my grandpa, this sounds great!

[Burfordfiddler1962]

Thanks for checking it out, glad you like it!!

[santa3977]

素晴らしい！涙が出てきました

[Burfordfiddler1962]

Very nice of you to stop by. Thanks. (by the way, I was just wondering if you could provide a translation here please?)

[kenobrienable]

Your playing is totally awesome!!Reminds me of an old friend I lost a few years a go He passed away.His name was Martin.They called him the Cajun fidler.Martin played this song often ,as well as Black Velvet Waltz I heard you play that one as well.Martin did not start playing until he was in his seventies.Only had a few short years but really had the gift like you.Keep playing it is food for the soul and thanks for sharing.

[Burfordfiddler1962]

Glad you like these songs, thanks for stopping by!

[trickywoo4u]

I've watched this and your Ashokan Farewell, and I gotta say, they both bring tears to my eyes. So beautifully done in true old fiddle style. You have a very special gift. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Now I have to see what else you've done!

[PersiaFasahl]

This is actually an old Polish folk song. "Pytała Się Pani" (The Lady Asked). A documentary was recently made tracing the roots of this song to Poland.

[4114dancer]

The one hour documentary "The Waltz To Westphalia" is now available at JoeWeed.com. My late father owned "Blue Bonnet" record company that released the song. The DVD is excellent in its research of this song of many names and origins.

[TheCenterHolds]

@Burfordfiddler1962 Courtesy of Google Translate: "Amazing! I cried!"

[1xstew]

Nice one . . enjoy all your tunes 

[tinkydinkyful]

This is so beautiful, it just grabs me.