• 1. La Robe Parasol – Eraste Carrière
      • 2. Je suis un homme d'une grande famille – Inez Catalan
      • 3. La Valse a Défunt Theodore Déjean – Lynn Dozart
      • 4. Mazurka – Eraste Carrière
      • 5. Interview with Eraste Carrière – Eraste Carrière
      • 6. Contredanse and Shoefly Swing – Eraste Carrière
      • 7. Bonjour la bonne année / Je vois la lune belle et longue / En allant a mon lit (medley) – Inez Catalan
      • 8. Halleluya – Eraste Carrière
      • 9. Bonne nuit mam – Inez Catalan
      • 10. Mardi Gras – Frémont Fontenot
      • 11. J'endors mon petit – Inez Catalan
      • 12. Courte Danse and Shoefly – Frémont Fontenot
      • 13. Mazurka: Soleil après lever – Frémont and Ray Fontenot
      • 14. La Porte de la Prison – Lynn Dozart
      • 15. Hey Tite Mama – Lynn Dozart and Etienne Lewis
      • 16. Soleil est proche couché – Inez Catalan
      • 17. Du papier dans mon soulier – Etienne Lewis
      • 18. J'ai pris mon ch'min – Lynn Dozart
      • 19. Hey catin – Bee Fontenot
      • 20. Les Deux cousines – Frémont Fontenot
      • 21. Tit poulet – Frémont Fontenot
      • 22. Dixieland – Frémont and Ray Fontenot
      • 23. Les Blues de la Prison – Lynn Dozart
      • 24. Bully Jack – Frémont Fontenot

      The French-speaking, black Creoles from the prairies of lower Louisiana produce a wide variety of music, from Cajun two-steps to the blues. This album presents a range of styles, including nineteenth century dance tunes from Louisiana and the West Indies, as well as early twentieth century American one-steps and blues.

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