La Petite Tonkinoise, French song, played on the 1890's mandolin

Here I play a well-known French song called "Petite Tonkinoise" composed by Vincent Scotto. Originally it was sung by Polin and has been remade in 1930 by Joséphine Baker..

This is my first Youtube upload and I just realize that they reduce much the quality of the sound...

My mandolin is a "Mancuso" made in Catania, it is not a wonderful instrument but I love it.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• tonkinoise
• mandolin
• musique
• française
• scotto
• mandoline

[billkilpatrick]

sounds ok to me - you either love a bowlback or not. playing was excellent.

interesting song - the melody is well known but i'd never heard the lyrics - i assume "la petite" comes from vietnam.

look forward to hearing/seeing more of your videos.

[authenticmusic]

Thank you for your nice comment. I will maybe upload some German or Austrian music in the coming days.

I learnt the mandolin using Madeleine Cottin's method dating from 1903.

[kylekadduide]

good

[TheRealDrDude]

Love this video! Your playing was very good.

Is there a way you could send me the sheet music or even tabs for this?

Thank you very much.

[tonio2005]

original from POLIN french singer tonkin was north vietnamese french colony at this time