FTX-243 - UN VOYAGE
A FAIRE
GUERNSEY & ALDERNEY
FOLK MUSIC & CUSTOMS
J'AI T'ENCORE UN PETIT VOYAGE A FAIRE - DOUBLE, DOUBLE
LA VIOLETTE - Talk about local customs including Vauche d'an (riding
the donkey for the unfaithful), Milk-a-punch (1st Sunday in May), Guernsey Gauche
(cake), La Gra' Charrue & Guy Fawkes Night - LA GRA' CHARRUE -
LA BEBEE (The Baby or Clap Polka) - JE VINGT ANS MON PERE -
J'AI PERDU MA FEMME - MA MIGNONETTE - CHANGEZ DES BRAS (Apres
Six Heures) - REVEILLEZ-VOUS BELLE ENDORME - LE LANG DE VERS BOCAGE
- GUERNSEY WALTZ - PAUVRE SOLDAT EN REVENANT DE GUERRE -
HEEL AND TOE POLKA - TROIS JEUNES SOLDATS - Talk about folklore
customs incl "the green bed", witchcraft & spiritualism, cries and charms, smuggling,
"fauche l'ane", "clameur d'Haro" & Christmas eve - FOUR HAND REEL (Tune:
Soldier's Joy) - LA JERRIAISE (The Jersey Polka) - Talk about May customs
in Alderney - BEAU LAURIER (Off she goes) - Talk about and demonstration
of LE CLAMEUR D'HARO - Comparison of Guernsey & Alderney French by two
fishermen
