Down in the Bayouland - Melodeon, or Cajun Accordion

A new song, based on a common folk-tale from the Carribean, played bare bones and in need of a fiddle too, by Astro, or Nout Grupstra, from stringband the Crooks. All © ARTSPURG, SABAM 2007. Please see http://www.astromusic.org or http://www.crooks-stringband.nl for further information ...... the used C-accordion was built by Marc Savoy early 2007.

Lyrics:

Down in the Bayou Land © Artspurg SABAM 2006




- Down in the Bayou land, -
once lived a man -
Appellé Monsier Boudain, had a Cajun Band -
One day the wife she left, she had enough -
But he fiddles on; Cajuns are tough -
- - -
Il a tenu, le joi de vive -
Bought a little ape, for the lonely eve -
When he left the house, on a working day -
Ape stole the violin; it's the monkey's way -
- - - -
As Boudain came home, the ape was gone -
Perché sur le toit, et joue le violon -
Fierce was his bowing hand, he played for two -
A scié le violon, quite through and through -
- - -
And so Monsieur Boudain, il a pas tout -
Took a sawn-off gun', and aimed to shoot -
Now with the monkey gone, et le violon -
Happily the wife returned, dedans la maison -
- - -
Down in the Bayou land, pendant la nuit -
Sometimes a fiddle's heard, and you won't sleep -
Now a story grows, day by day -
It's a monkey's ghost, ça c'est la vérité -
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Category:

Music

Tags:

• cajun
• accordion
• melodeon
• folk
• song
• trekzak
• humor
• fun
• singer
• songwriter
• monkey
• animal
• ape

[palfab962]

hi man lovely tune,

Please can you tell me where you can buy the accordian?

[lukebilleaudeaux08]

where do you think cajuns came from?

[bertosvids]

Love these accordions!

[knirisen]

*****5 Stars

[docfelsen1]

merveilleux, je rêve de le jouer, mais où trouver paroles et partition ??

[lassiter1298]

This one's going in my Favorites.

[Rhawneld57]

Very nice combonation. Excellent playing too.

[dmarker21]

Sounds great. I'm learning the Italian organetto!

[dioisfreakinamazing6]

Thanks, My mother's Cajun. she loves this video thanks from Lexington, Ky.

[dioisfreakinamazing6]

Thank you, from Pikeville, Kentucky. I just picked up the accordian a couple months ago, you're really good.