Cajun Singer Dennis McGee, with Ernest Fruge: Le Blues de Texas

Cajun Singer Dennis McGee, with Ernest Fruge: Le Blues de Texas
This is an early recording by McGee, probably the best known of the old time Cajun singers. Here are the words to a very sad song, in French and English:

J'ai parti pour aller dans le Texas (I left to go to Texas)
J'ai passé-z-a Eunice, m'acheter un pain de 5 sous. (I passed by Eunice, to buy 5 cents worth of bread)
J'ai mange la moitie pour mon dejeuner (I had half of it for breakfast)
J'ai gardé l'aut' moitie pour mon diner (I kept the rest for my dinner)
J'ai marche moi tout seul, cherie (I walked all alone, dear)
J'ai marche touts les jours et tous les nuits (I walked all day and all night, every day)
Comme un pauv' malheureux (like a poor, wretched soul)
Depuis a l'age de 15 ans (From the time I was 15)
J'ai plus rein de pere et de mere (I've had no mother or father)
J'ai traine les chemins (I've walked the roads)
Jusques a l'age de 38 ans (Until I was 38)
J'ai passé de porte a porte, j'ai demandé la charite (I went from door to door, begging)
Quand meme un 'tit morceau de pain (hoping for just a little piece of bread)
Comment tu veux mais moi, je fais moi tout seul dans les chemins (how am I supposed to get along, all alone on the streets?)
Tous les jours et touts les nuits (All day and all night long)
J'avais quitte pour quelqu'un me ramasser, (I left hoping somebody would take me in)
Ca me donne d l'assistance et de l'aide (To give me just a little bit of help)
Pour un pauv' orphein comme moi (A little help for a poor orphan like me)

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[Istaysmoking]

I don't understand much of it but none the less Dennis mcgee is amazing...love his sound

[EdmundStAustell]

@Istaysmoking Thank you very much. Yes, it's an amazing sound, from a very long time ago. That sound goes way back, as far as I can tell, into the middle of the nineteenth century or earlier. It's REALLY old!

[francaisemichif]

Dennis mcgee was a great fiddler and entertainer!

[EdmundStAustell]

@francaisemichif He sure was! I just love his songs. Thanks for comment.

[gittar1]

thats my old man! funky and blusy! a little off the cajun musc genre.. ..i sang this song in film "dirty rice".. gerry mcgee

[EdmundStAustell]

@gittar1 Avez-vous grandi en parlant le français? La plupart de votre génération n'a pas le maintenir en vie.

[gittar1]

yu r welcome gm

[EdmundStAustell]

@gittar1 Wow! great! Thanks so much for your comment!

[EdmundStAustell]

@oakroom48 Thank you very much. Yes, Dennis is about as down home as it gets!

[oakroom48]

Thanks for posting! So authentic - fabulous :)